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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  • Subjects = Meetings
  • Geographic Location = Nicaragua
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery is shown meeting with Sister Mary Hartman in Nicaragua. Caption from April-May 1984 SCLC Magazine: Dr. Lowery meets with Sister Mary Hartman, a U.S. nun who aids Sandinistas. For more details about SCLC's trip to Nicaragua see pages 36-39: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07091.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown walking with SCLC staff member E. Randel T. Osburn (at right) and an unidentified man (at left). Written on verso: Two American television crews tape Lowery's trip to his next stop. Both cameramen mentioned it was their first chance to get video of their own homeland ambassador.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series