The Photograph series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and photo albums relating to Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery from circa 1900-2019 inclusive (bulk: 1950-1990). The images include individual portraits and snapshots of the Lowerys; images of the Lowerys with various relatives, friends, and acquaintances; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) activities; other events, people and places; slides; negatives; and photograph albums. This series contains original images, as well as reproductions of photographs including photocopies of prints on paper.
May 11, 2022

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series

The Photograph series consists of photographs, negatives, slides and photo albums relating to Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery from circa 1900-2019 inclusive (bulk: 1950-1990). The images include individual portraits and snapshots of the Lowerys; images of the Lowerys with various relatives, friends, and acquaintances; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) activities; other events, people and places; slides; negatives; and photograph albums. This series contains original images, as well as reproductions of photographs including photocopies of prints on paper.
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Ruby Shinhoster, Karen Reagle, and other SCLC/WOMEN members pose for a picture with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event at Christmas time. Written on verso: Bridging The Gap, Xmas 2012.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, 2012
Date Created
2012
Description
Ruby Shinhoster, Karen Reagle, and other SCLC/WOMEN members pose for a picture with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event at Christmas time. Written on verso: Bridging The Gap, Xmas 2012.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster (at right, by tree) are shown posing for a photo with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster (at right, by tree) are shown posing for a photo with a group of children during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster present a young woman with a backpack during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and Ruby Shinhoster present a young woman with a backpack during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery observes a table full of school backpacks at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery observes a table full of school backpacks at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ruby Shinhoster and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a picture with a "SCLC/WOMEN Bridging the Gap" banner.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2007
Date Created
2006/2008
Description
Ruby Shinhoster and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a picture with a "SCLC/WOMEN Bridging the Gap" banner.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery (on left) is shown posing for with picture with a group of young women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery (on left) is shown posing for with picture with a group of young women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown writing in a notebook during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown writing in a notebook during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program banner.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 2005
Date Created
2005/2006
Description
A SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program banner.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
President Bill Clinton meets with civil rights leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and other civil rights leaders sit at the table.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bill Clinton Meets With Civil Rights Leaders, 1997
Date Created
1997
Description
President Bill Clinton meets with civil rights leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and other civil rights leaders sit at the table.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American men, African American women, Meetings, Presidents
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King stands at the podium during the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King at SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Convention Luncheon, August 13, 1996
Date Created
1996-08-13
Description
Coretta Scott King stands at the podium during the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African American women, African American women social reformers, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King speaks at the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King at SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Convention Luncheon, August 13, 1996
Date Created
1996-08-13
Description
Coretta Scott King speaks at the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
Subject
African American women, African American women social reformers, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King sits on the dais at the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan. U.S. House Representative Cynthia McKinney is at left in the photo.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King at SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Convention Luncheon, August 13, 1996
Date Created
1996-08-13
Description
Coretta Scott King sits on the dais at the SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Luncheon held as part of the proceedings of the 39th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Detroit, Michigan. U.S. House Representative Cynthia McKinney is at left in the photo.
Subject
African American women, African American women social reformers, African American civil rights workers, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown holding hands and singing with generations of women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown holding hands and singing with generations of women during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of young women are shown holding candles and reading from a paper during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
A group of young women are shown holding candles and reading from a paper during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening as an unidentified woman speaks during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown listening as an unidentified woman speaks during a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Jennifer Holliday, singer and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program's honorary chair, is shown speaking to a group of young girls.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Jennifer Holliday, singer and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program's honorary chair, is shown speaking to a group of young girls.
Subject
African American women, African American children, Meetings, African American singers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Bridging the Gap: Girls to Women Mentoring Program event.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American children, Meetings, Women's rights, Community development
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture with SCLC/WOMEN Board members, including Lula Williams and Kim White.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Group Photo of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Board Members, circa 1995
Date Created
1995/1997
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown posing for a picture with SCLC/WOMEN Board members, including Lula Williams and Kim White.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, African American women, African American women social reformers, Meetings, Women's rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery stands next to U.S. Vice President Al Gore on the dais at the 38th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Al Gore at the 38th Annual SCLC Conference, 1995
Date Created
1995
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery stands next to U.S. Vice President Al Gore on the dais at the 38th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Subject
Political science, African American women, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks at the 34th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosa Parks, August 15, 1991
Date Created
1991-08-15
Description
Rosa Parks at the 34th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Meetings, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series