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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Joseph E. Lowery (center) is shown clapping with others on the lawn of the White House during the ceremony for the signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement, September 13, 1993
Date Created
1993-09-13
Description
Joseph E. Lowery (center) is shown clapping with others on the lawn of the White House during the ceremony for the signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of people are shown gathered on the White House lawn to witness the signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement. President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and other dignitaries stand on the dais where the signing will occur.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement, September 13, 1993
Date Created
1993-09-13
Description
A crowd of people are shown gathered on the White House lawn to witness the signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement. President Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and other dignitaries stand on the dais where the signing will occur.
Subject
Presidents, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is in conversation with Nelson Mandela as Evelyn G. Lowery looks on during Mandela's visit to Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Nelson Mandela, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Joseph E. Lowery is in conversation with Nelson Mandela as Evelyn G. Lowery looks on during Mandela's visit to Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American men, African American women, Apartheid, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery sits and talks with Nelson Mandela during a welcome event for Mandela at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Nelson Mandela, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery sits and talks with Nelson Mandela during a welcome event for Mandela at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Apartheid, Protest movements, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Winnie Mandela smile for the camera as Evelyn G. Lowery and Nelson Mandela look on during the Mandela's visit to Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery With Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Joseph E. Lowery and Winnie Mandela smile for the camera as Evelyn G. Lowery and Nelson Mandela look on during the Mandela's visit to Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Apartheid, Protest movements, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery greets Nelson Mandela as he disembarks from an airplane. Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson is second from left in the photo.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery and Nelson Mandela, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery greets Nelson Mandela as he disembarks from an airplane. Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson is second from left in the photo.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Apartheid, Protest movements, African American mayors, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Nelson Mandela and Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery hug one another at a welcome event for Mandela at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church. Nelson was presented the SCLC Martin Luther King Human Rights Award by Lowery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Nelson Mandela and Joseph E. Lowery Hug, 1990
Date Created
1990
Description
Nelson Mandela and Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery hug one another at a welcome event for Mandela at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church. Nelson was presented the SCLC Martin Luther King Human Rights Award by Lowery.
Subject
African American civil rights workers, Apartheid, Protest movements, Special events
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Frederick Moore (at right) stands with others holding signs expressing SCLC's support for Chinese students at a vigil event held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff member Frederick Moore (at right) stands with others holding signs expressing SCLC's support for Chinese students at a vigil event held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans in attendance at a vigil held by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in support of students from China. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans in attendance at a vigil held by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in support of students from China. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans and African American demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans and African American demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the grave site of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with others holding hands and singing at a vigil event held in support of Chinese students at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown with others holding hands and singing at a vigil event held in support of Chinese students at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Chinese Americans and other demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
SCLC Vigil in Support of Chinese Students, June 7, 1989
Date Created
1989-06-07
Description
Chinese Americans and other demonstrators hold signs supporting Chinese students at a vigil held at the gravesite of Martin Luther King, Jr. More details about the vigil can be found on pages 96-99 of the July-August 1989 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07095.
Subject
College students, International relations, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a press conference with Miami politician Huber Matos, Jr. to address the prison siege at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. More information about this event can be found on pages 12-13 of the January-February 1988 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07092. Written on verso: 2. Hours after the historic meeting Reverend Joseph Lowe [text gets cut off] reoprters [sic] with Huber Matos, Jr. of Miami to ann [text gets cut off] mass prayer service.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery at a Press Conference, December 1987
Date Created
1987-12
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery speaks at a press conference with Miami politician Huber Matos, Jr. to address the prison siege at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. More information about this event can be found on pages 12-13 of the January-February 1988 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07092. Written on verso: 2. Hours after the historic meeting Reverend Joseph Lowe [text gets cut off] reoprters [sic] with Huber Matos, Jr. of Miami to ann [text gets cut off] mass prayer service.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Civil rights movements, Interviews
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nomalizo Leah Tutu, and others at an unknown event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With Others, circa 1988
Date Created
1986/1990
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nomalizo Leah Tutu, and others at an unknown event.
Subject
International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements, African American men, African American women
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
International Conference Against Apartheid, January 1986
Date Created
1986-01
Description
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
Apartheid, International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. On the dais seated in the first row are, from left, Joseph E. Lowery, Eleanor Holmes Norton (to the right of Tutu, standing), an unidentified man, Coretta Scott King, and E. Randel T. Osburn.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
International Conference Against Apartheid, January 1986
Date Created
1986-01
Description
Bishop Desmond Tutu speaks at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. On the dais seated in the first row are, from left, Joseph E. Lowery, Eleanor Holmes Norton (to the right of Tutu, standing), an unidentified man, Coretta Scott King, and E. Randel T. Osburn.
Subject
Apartheid, International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery and Bishop Desmond Tutu sit in attendance at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
International Conference Against Apartheid, January 1986
Date Created
1986-01
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery and Bishop Desmond Tutu sit in attendance at an International Conference Against Apartheid held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Subject
Apartheid, International relations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements, African American men, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young is shown with a youth demonstrator picketing outside of a Winn-Dixie store to protest the store's selling of South African products.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young With Others at a Winn-Dixie Protest, circa 1985
Date Created
1984/1986
Description
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young is shown with a youth demonstrator picketing outside of a Winn-Dixie store to protest the store's selling of South African products.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Apartheid, Demonstrations, African American mayors
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members and representatives from the Nicaraguan delegation are shown gathered together in the SCLC headquarter's conference room. At center is Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is to the right in the photograph, standing alongside Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo de Ortega. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leadership members and representatives from the Nicaraguan delegation are shown gathered together in the SCLC headquarter's conference room. At center is Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery is to the right in the photograph, standing alongside Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo de Ortega. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Rosario Murillo de Ortega and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during a visit by the Ortegas to Atlanta, Georgia. Daniel Ortega, an unidentified woman, and Joseph E. Lowery are to the left talking. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Daniel Ortega Visit to Atlanta, Georgia, 1984
Date Created
1984
Description
Rosario Murillo de Ortega and Evelyn G. Lowery pose for a photo during a visit by the Ortegas to Atlanta, Georgia. Daniel Ortega, an unidentified woman, and Joseph E. Lowery are to the left talking. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series