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 = Protest movements
  • Decade = 1960-1969
A group of men are shown talking to police officers. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Police Officers and Demonstrators, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A group of men are shown talking to police officers. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
Subject
Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A large sign propped against a pole reads "Headquarters Poor People's Campaign 1968" with people standing in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Poor People's Campaign Headquarters Sign, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
A large sign propped against a pole reads "Headquarters Poor People's Campaign 1968" with people standing in the background.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified indigenous woman addresses a crowd that includes Ralph D. Abernathy (at the far right) and a man directly in front of the woman who is wearing an indigenous headdress and a button that says "Indian Power".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Woman Addresses a Crowd With Her Arms Raised, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
An unidentified indigenous woman addresses a crowd that includes Ralph D. Abernathy (at the far right) and a man directly in front of the woman who is wearing an indigenous headdress and a button that says "Indian Power".
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Protest movements, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators Marching Across the Brooklyn Bridge, March 1, 1964
Date Created
1964-03-01
Description
Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge en route to demand better educational services for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. Written on verso: Puerto Ricans on the March -- Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, March 1, en route to the Board of Education offices in Brooklyn to press their demands for improved educational facilities for Puerto Ricans in the city's school system. The marchers, estimated at more than 2,000, rallied outside city hall and then marched to Brooklyn. Towers of the bridge and part of New York City skyline are in the background.
Subject
Demonstrations, Protest movements, Civil rights movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series