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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Attendees at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C. display quilts.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Global Peace Festival, August 9, 2008
Date Created
2008-08-09
Description
Attendees at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C. display quilts.
Subject
Human rights, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery speaks at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Global Peace Festival, August 9, 2008
Date Created
2008-08-09
Description
Joseph E. Lowery speaks at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Human rights, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of women stand in line on the stage at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Global Peace Festival, August 9, 2008
Date Created
2008-08-09
Description
A group of women stand in line on the stage at the Global Peace Festival in Washington, D.C.
Subject
African American women, Human rights, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown meeting with Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction, during Lowery's trip to Nicaragua. Evelyn G. Lowery sits to Lowery's right and interpreter Patricia Mulligan sits to his left. For more information, see pages 13-17 in the January-February 1987 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07032.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking With Daniel Ortega, November 1986
Date Created
1986-11
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown meeting with Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction, during Lowery's trip to Nicaragua. Evelyn G. Lowery sits to Lowery's right and interpreter Patricia Mulligan sits to his left. For more information, see pages 13-17 in the January-February 1987 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07032.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, International relations, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery meets with Caesar Jerez, the rector of Central American University, during his visit to Nicaragua. For more information, see pages 13-17 in the January-February 1987 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07032. Written on verso: From the General Assembly the SCLCers attended an informal luncheon where they talked with missionaries of the Witness for Peace group; Catholic nuns and representatives of the academic community. Here Lowery chats with Caesar Jerez, rector of Central American University.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Caesar Jerez Seated on a Couch Talking, November 1986
Date Created
1986-11
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery meets with Caesar Jerez, the rector of Central American University, during his visit to Nicaragua. For more information, see pages 13-17 in the January-February 1987 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07032. Written on verso: From the General Assembly the SCLCers attended an informal luncheon where they talked with missionaries of the Witness for Peace group; Catholic nuns and representatives of the academic community. Here Lowery chats with Caesar Jerez, rector of Central American University.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, International relations, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Jimmy Carter are shown shaking hands during a Carter Center Conference on Democracy in the Americas. Written on verso: Lowery shakes hands with Carter before one round of meetings begins. After the conference ended Carter talked privated [sic] with Lowery about human rights.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Jimmy Carter Shaking Hands, November 1986
Date Created
1986-11
Description
Joseph E. Lowery and Jimmy Carter are shown shaking hands during a Carter Center Conference on Democracy in the Americas. Written on verso: Lowery shakes hands with Carter before one round of meetings begins. After the conference ended Carter talked privated [sic] with Lowery about human rights.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, International relations, Human rights, Special events
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
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks in Eufaula, Alabama to Kick Off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (in center of photo, at podium), addresses a crowd in front of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Lowery's address was, in part, in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking to a Crowd of Demonstrators in Front of the Alabama State Capitol, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (in center of photo, at podium), addresses a crowd in front of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Lowery's address was, in part, in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police 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
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery addresses marchers from the hood of car during the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Addressing Demonstrators While Standing on a Car Hood Next to John Nettles, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery addresses marchers from the hood of car during the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaks in Eufaula, Alabama to Kick Off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown speaking to a crowd in Eufaula, Alabama to kick off the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage march that lasted one week and stretched 330 miles from Eufaula to Montgomery.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including John Nettles, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Spiver Gordon, lead 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
SCLC Leadership Marches With Demonstrators During the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including John Nettles, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Spiver Gordon, lead 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
Demonstrators are shown marching down a street in Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators March Down a Street During the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage, June 1983
Date Created
1983-06
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching down a street in Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Participants of the "We Are Doing It" Walkathon to support disability rights are shown in their wheelchairs holding protest signs.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
"We Are Doing It" Walkathon Participants, May 1, 1983
Date Created
1983-05-01
Description
Participants of the "We Are Doing It" Walkathon to support disability rights are shown in their wheelchairs holding protest signs.
Subject
Demonstrations, Human rights, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest policy brutality in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police officers.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of Demonstrators at the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest policy brutality in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police officers.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A child is shown holding a protest sign that reads "Don't Buy in Eufaula".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Child Holds a "Don't Buy in Eufaula" Sign During the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A child is shown holding a protest sign that reads "Don't Buy in Eufaula".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, African American children
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Stand Around a Casket With Protest Signs, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three women are shown sitting, with one of them holding a protest sign that reads "We Deserve The Right To Live!!" The women were marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three Women Sit With a Protest Sign at the Eufaula March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
Three women are shown sitting, with one of them holding a protest sign that reads "We Deserve The Right To Live!!" The women were marching in Eufaula, Alabama to protest the killing of the Russaw brothers by police.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Crime, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified woman holds a sign that reads "Join SCLC Woman Power" at a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers by police officers in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Woman Holds a "Join SCLC Woman Power" Sign at a March, 1983
Date Created
1983
Description
An unidentified woman holds a sign that reads "Join SCLC Woman Power" at a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers by police officers in Eufaula, Alabama.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Human rights, Demonstrations, Race discrimination
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series