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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A crowd of demonstrators with signs are shown rallying for the "Poor People's Message" march in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Crowd of "Poor People's Message" Demonstrators with Signs, 1979
Date Created
1979
Description
A crowd of demonstrators with signs are shown rallying for the "Poor People's Message" march in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Human rights, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown holding protest signs reading "Human Rights for the Wilmington 10 and the Charlotte 3", "Jobs Not Bombs", and "Cut Food Prices, Raise Jobs...".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Demonstrators Holding Protest Signs, circa 1971
Date Created
1971/1972
Description
A group of demonstrators are shown holding protest signs reading "Human Rights for the Wilmington 10 and the Charlotte 3", "Jobs Not Bombs", and "Cut Food Prices, Raise Jobs...".
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Producer Ely Landau and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman are shown conversing with director Sidney Lumet. Attached caption reads: STARS WORK FOR KING TRIBUTE -- Photo left to right: Producer Ely Landau, and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman confer with director Sidney Lumet in New York City just prior to filming special dramatic reading sequences for the two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film: "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", scheduled to be shown on Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theaters across the country. Tickets are $5 tax-deductible. Total proceeds will go into the Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund which will seek through its program to support Dr. King's principles and ideals of using non-violent methods in the war on poverty and illiteracy and the struggle for civil and human rights for all peoples.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ely Landau, Ruby Dee, Paul Newman, and Sidney Lumet, 1970
Date Created
1970
Description
Producer Ely Landau and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman are shown conversing with director Sidney Lumet. Attached caption reads: STARS WORK FOR KING TRIBUTE -- Photo left to right: Producer Ely Landau, and film stars Ruby Dee and Paul Newman confer with director Sidney Lumet in New York City just prior to filming special dramatic reading sequences for the two-and-a-half-hour motion picture film: "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis", scheduled to be shown on Tuesday evening, March 24th at 8:00 P.M. on a one-time only simultaneous showing in more than one thousand theaters across the country. Tickets are $5 tax-deductible. Total proceeds will go into the Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund which will seek through its program to support Dr. King's principles and ideals of using non-violent methods in the war on poverty and illiteracy and the struggle for civil and human rights for all peoples.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American actors, African American entertainers, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Sidney Poitier is shown with fellow cast members and others involved in the production of the film "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Sidney Poitier and Others Posing For a Photo, 1970
Date Created
1970
Description
Sidney Poitier is shown with fellow cast members and others involved in the production of the film "KING: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American actors, African American entertainers, Human rights
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series