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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Evelyn G. Lowery and other demonstrators hold protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and other demonstrators hold protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators picket outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Demonstrators picket outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Evelyn Occhino holding a protest sign outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with Evelyn Occhino holding a protest sign outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with an unidentified man while holding protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery poses for a photo with an unidentified man while holding protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery stand with two other demonstrators holding protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery stand with two other demonstrators holding protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and other demonstrators sit and stand with protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Joseph E. Lowery and other demonstrators sit and stand with protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and other demonstrators sit and stand with protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Joseph E. Lowery and other demonstrators sit and stand with protest signs outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery holds a protest sign that reads "Racism Lives Here" as she pickets outside the William Morris Agency office in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at William Morris Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery holds a protest sign that reads "Racism Lives Here" as she pickets outside the William Morris Agency office in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators picket inside the lobby of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Demonstrators picket inside the lobby of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators picket outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at Beverly Hills, California Creative Artists Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Demonstrators picket outside of the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery stands with other demonstrators holding signs to protest the actions of the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at William Morris Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Joseph E. Lowery stands with other demonstrators holding signs to protest the actions of the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and other demonstrators hold protest signs outside of the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Protest at William Morris Agency, circa 1999
Date Created
1999/2001
Description
Evelyn G. Lowery and other demonstrators hold protest signs outside of the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and anti-KKK protesters at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration in College Park, Georgia, February 7, 1987
Date Created
1987-02-07
Description
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and anti-KKK protesters at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A line of police officers stand in front of a group of demonstrators at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration in College Park, Georgia, February 7, 1987
Date Created
1987-02-07
Description
A line of police officers stand in front of a group of demonstrators at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Anti-Ku Klux Klan (KKK) protesters stand with signs protesting the KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration in College Park, Georgia, February 7, 1987
Date Created
1987-02-07
Description
Anti-Ku Klux Klan (KKK) protesters stand with signs protesting the KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and anti-KKK protesters at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration in College Park, Georgia, February 7, 1987
Date Created
1987-02-07
Description
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members and anti-KKK protesters at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members are shown boarding a bus at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration in College Park, Georgia, February 7, 1987
Date Created
1987-02-07
Description
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members are shown boarding a bus at a KKK demonstration in College Park, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators march to protest employment discrimination at Fort Lee, a United States Army post in Prince George County, Virginia. Written on verso: Marchers hold signs proudly as they march toward Fort Lee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of Demonstrators March to Protest Employment Discrimination at Fort Lee, circa 1987
Date Created
1986/1988
Description
Demonstrators march to protest employment discrimination at Fort Lee, a United States Army post in Prince George County, Virginia. Written on verso: Marchers hold signs proudly as they march toward Fort Lee.
Subject
Demonstrations, Race discrimination, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Employment
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including Spiver Gordon, John Nettles, and Joseph E. Lowery, leads demonstrators in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
John Nettles, Joseph E. Lowery, and Others Marching in Response to Police Killings in Eufaula, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including Spiver Gordon, John Nettles, and Joseph E. Lowery, leads demonstrators in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators, including Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members (at right in the photo) are shown holding "Sacred Rights Pilgrimage" banners.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Hold "Sacred Rights Pilgrimage" Banners, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
A group of demonstrators, including Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members (at right in the photo) are shown holding "Sacred Rights Pilgrimage" banners.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series