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Joseph E. Lowery is shown standing at a pulpit in front of a congregation in an unidentified church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown talking to a woman with a typewriter while smiling and holding a booklet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified speaker at a podium makes a crowd laugh at a banquet event in Birmingham, Alabama at the Gaston Building.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. is shown standing with others at a podium in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth is shown seated on the church dais (second seated person from the right) while another individual (standing) appears to address the crowd.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Birmingham policeman is shown standing in front of a crowd of demonstrators. Caption  on verso: MISCALCULATION COULD MEAN VIOLENCE -- Police reaction to jeering crowds, in either north or south, could result in major racial violence in the U.S. this summer. As this policeman in Birmingham faced a crowd in May of this year, so will other law enforcement officers in other cities face demonstrators. A miscalculation in the handling of a crowd could be the spark that touches off a racial conflagration.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three civil defense workers are shown standing guard outside the home of attorney Arthur Shores, whose house was bombed by dynamite. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 5 -- GUARD BOMBED HOME -- Three Negro Civil Defense workers stand guard in front of the home of Negro attorney Arthur Shores in Birmingham, Ala. today. The house was blasted by dynamite last night.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Attorney Arthur Shores inspects the damage done to his house from a bomb that went off. Caption on photo reads: (BM2) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 5 -- INSPECTING THE DAMAGE -- Negro attorney Arthur Shores follows a police officer at they walk around the yard of his home after a bomb went off causing considerable damage in Birmingham, Ala. last night. A policeman stands guard with rifle at the ready.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverends V.C. Provitt and N.H. Smith are shown examining the damage to Bethel Baptist Church. Written on verso: Rev. V.C. Provitt (left, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church) and Rev. N.H. Smith (right, vice president of Alabama Christian Movement) examining damage done to church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Attorney Arthur Shores and a police officer inspect the damage to a window in his home after a bomb went off in his yard. Caption on photo reads: (BM20) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- BOMB DAMAGE -- Arthur Shores, right, Negro attorney, and a police officer view damage to a window of the Shores home after a bomb went off in the yard in Birmingham, Ala. tonight.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Dick Gregory is shown posing in front of a blackboard with Brenda Davenport and others at a youth rally event during the 28th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Convention in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown speaking at a podium with his hand raised.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown standing (at left) next to two unidentified men shaking hands.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Unidentified people at an event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young and a crowd of women are shown listening to someone speak in a room.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of men, women, and children stand outside in front of vehicles and houses.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. is shown speaking with his arm extended at a podium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. is shown speaking at a podium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Three unidentified women shown crying and being helped down the steps of  Sixth Avenue Baptist Church during the funeral services for three girls killed in a bomb blast. Caption on verso: OVERCOME WITH GRIEF -- Birmingham, Ala...Three Negro women, crying and hysterical are helped from the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham today during funeral services for three young Negro girls who were killed in a bomb blast....9/18/63
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy and Joseph E. Lowery are shown smiling at one another with an unidentified man standing in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series