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A Southern Christian Leadership Conference banner with the words "Basic Issues - Human Rights - The Grand Alliance" with three arrows pointing to a central point is shown.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy, Joseph E. Lowery, and others speak during a SCLC Board meeting.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy, Joseph E. Lowery, and others speak during a SCLC Board meeting.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members Albert Love and Fred Taylor are shown standing with two officers from the Atlanta University Center chapter of the SCLC. Written on verso: Rev. Albert Love (left), administrative assistant to SCLC President Dr. Joseph E. Lowery and Rev. Fred Taylor (second from right), director of chapter and affiliates for SCLC, share a laugh with Pam Moore and Clayton  Williams following a meeting they hosted as officers of the Atlanta University Center chapter of SCLC.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Veneita Wesley, Southern Christian Leadership Conference's director of public relations and program development, poses for a photograph at her desk. Written on verso: New Employees -- Ms. Veneita Wesley joined the SCLC staff on March 23 as director of public relations and program development.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery poses for a photo with members of the new Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter in Dublin, Georgia on the occasion of the chapter's first installation of officer's ceremony. Chapter members are (left to right, front row), Ms. Merita Evans, assistant secretary; Ms. Bertha Jones, program committee chair; Rev. Joseph P. Collins, chapter president; Ms. Linnie King, membership committee chair; Ms. Nora Martin, chapter secretary- Ms. Nina Brinson, chaplain; and back row, left to
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
Joseph E. Lowery is shown addressing SCLC Board members during a staff luncheon. Written on verso: Pres. Lowery addresses board members at staff luncheon.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting at a table with Ralph D. Abernathy and others at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference banquet.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
President Jimmy Carter and others are shown standing with the National Poster Child of the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc. in the Oval Office. Written on verso: Larry Lucas, age 5, of Cincinnati, Ohio is the center of attraction in the Oval Office of the White House as President Jimmy Carter greets the National Poster Child of the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc. Looking approvingly from left to right are: Dr. Audrey Manley, Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Dorothye H. Boswell, Executive Director, NASCD; President Jimmy Carter; Sharon Lucas, Mother of Poster Child; Ann Huffman, Social Worker, Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr. Charles F. Whitten, National President of NASCD; Also present but not pictured, was Dr. Clarice Reid, Chief, Sickle Cell Disease Branch, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members and staff are listening to SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy speak during a Board meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Written on verso: Bd. meeting in Detroit of SCLC, '71, J.E. Lowery, Chrmn., Ralph Abernathy, Pres., Cirilo McSween, Hosea Williams
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Attendees of the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention gather on the steps of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group photo of Southern Christian Leadership Conference Board members at a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. Members include J.W. Jones, president of the Cincinnati, Ohio SCLC chapter (fifth from left), Claud Young (next to Jones), and Fred Shuttlesworth (first from the right).
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff Tom Ollenberger and Mary George are shown working in the SCLC Atlanta office. Written on verso: 1970 SCLC Office Atlanta, Tom Ollenberger, Mary George
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff members Kit Clarke, Rosemary Jochlan (sp?), and Van Hall are seen working in an office. Written on verso: Kit Clarke, Rosemary Jochlan (sp?), Van Hall
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery is shown sitting at a press conference surrounded by his wife Evelyn and other SCLC members.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff members are shown standing at a table behind buckets with Dick Gregory (at far left, half out of photo), SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery, and others in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown with members of the Calhoun County, Alabama SCLC Chapter and award recipients. Written on verso: Chapter News -- Pictured here are members of the Calhoun County SCLC chapter in Alabama and award recipients following the chapter's annual awards banquet "for distinguished service".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown sitting with Dr. Jim Lawson and others while listening to Dr. Alvin Poussaint speak at the 24th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention. Written on verso: Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Harvard professor of psychiatry, tells "The National Gathering of Black Clergy" during the SCLC Convention in New Orleans that black Americans must free themselves from the undesirable values of the dominant white culture and concentrate on becoming independent and teaching our children interdependence. Listening as he makes the remarks at the 24th annual convention of SCLC are (left to right) Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Dr. Negail Riley, Dr. Jim Lawson, Mrs. Evelyn G. Lowery, SCLC President Joseph E. Lowery and A.M.E. Bishop Philip Cousin.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board members are shown eating and conversing with Alabama State University students and Montgomery, Alabama citizens at a luncheon event during the SCLC Spring Board meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Written on verso: Alabama State University students and Montgomery citizens attend the SCLC luncheon before board members convene their annual spring meeting.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series