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  • Geographic Location = Alabama--Montgomery
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Joseph E. Lowery addresses the press and demonstrators on the steps of an unidentified building in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Cheryl and Karen Lowery are shown on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol with others.
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
Traffic passes in front of the Lerner Shops and Kress store front in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown staging a sit-down at the capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama to protest policy brutality. Caption on photo reads: (SEX8) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Mar. 10 -- SITDOWN AT CAPITOL -- Negroes stage a sit-down at the capitol in Montgomery, Ala. today. The demonstrators, most of them from nearby Tuskegee Institute, were protesting "police brutality" at Selma, Ala.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State Patrol troopers stand guard outside the capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (MR1) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Mar. 18 -- CAPITOL SECURITY -- Troopers of the Alabama State Patrol stand guard at the capitol in Montgomery, Ala. today providing the tightest security for Gov. George Wallace of any Alabama governor in history. At left is Major Walter Allen. In the car is Capt. Billy Bishop.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is sitting next to Congressman William Gray at a 28th Annual SCLC Convention event held at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Solomon Seay, Sr. (center) sits next to an unidentified woman and Congressman William Gray at a 28th Annual SCLC Convention event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. stands with Ralph D. Abernathy (standing to the right of King) and others on the steps of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State University (ASU) President Dr. Levi Watkins welcomes the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board of Directors to their spring Board meeting held on ASU's campus. Written on verso: Dr. Levi Watkins, president of Alabama State University, greeted the SCLC Board of Directors and staff and recalled the days when he was prohibited from hosting a civil rights organization on campus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown with others listening to Fred Taylor, SCLC director of chapters and affiliates, speak to guests at a luncheon event during a SCLC Board meeting held in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Reverend John L. Alford and Alabama State University SCLC chapter president Charles Anderson address a crowd at a rally held at the Alabama state capitol to protest the merger of Alabama State University with Auburn University. Written on verso: Rev. John L. Alford, (right), pastor of Mt. Gillard Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, addresses rally at Alabama state capitol to protest the merger of Alabama State University with predominantly white Auburn University. Chalres [sic] Anderson, (left) is president of the university's SCLC chapter. He joins other ASU students in chanting, "We're all fired up; Ain't gon' take it no more."
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
E. Randel T. Osburn is shown speaking at an event in Montgomery, Alabama. Seated at the table are John Nettles, an unidentified man, and C.T. Vivian.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of demonstrators are shown standing around a casket with protest signs, one of which reads "We Don't Need A Racist Mayor So Beat It Emory Folmar".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of unidentified men walk down a street carrying a casket while others, including a woman in wheelchair, follow behind them.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery (in center of photo, at podium), addresses a crowd in front of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Lowery's address was, in part, in response to the killings of Hamp Russaw and Anthony Russaw by police in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Leadership members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including John Nettles, Joseph E. Lowery, Evelyn G. Lowery, and Spiver Gordon, lead demonstrators in a march prompted by the killing of the Russaw brothers in Eufaula, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators are gathered as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama. One demonstrator holds a sign protesting Emory Folmar, the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching down a street in Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Sacred Rights Pilgrimage March from Eufaula to Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators gather for a protest outside of a State of Alabama office building in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series