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Joseph E. Lowery gestures enthusiastically while speaking at the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery Speaking at the 21st Annual SCLC Convention, August 1978
Date Created
1978-08
Description
Joseph E. Lowery gestures enthusiastically while speaking at the 21st Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, Meetings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery shown holding the key to the City of Birmingham with Evelyn G. Lowery and others standing with him. Written on verso: Lowery removes the key to the City of Birmingham, Alabama from around his neck vowing never to wear it until it opens the door of justice, love, and economic progress. Lowery made the remarks before 4,000 demonstrators who were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed Black woman by a Birmingham police officer.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery With Others Holding Key to the City of Birmingham, circa 1980
Date Created
1978/1982
Description
Joseph E. Lowery shown holding the key to the City of Birmingham with Evelyn G. Lowery and others standing with him. Written on verso: Lowery removes the key to the City of Birmingham, Alabama from around his neck vowing never to wear it until it opens the door of justice, love, and economic progress. Lowery made the remarks before 4,000 demonstrators who were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed Black woman by a Birmingham police officer.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, African American men, Demonstrations
Collection
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
Unidentified Speaker Addresses a Crowd, 1965
Date Created
1965
Description
An unidentified speaker at a podium makes a crowd laugh at a banquet event in Birmingham, Alabama at the Gaston Building.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American men, African American women
Collection
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
Martin Luther King, Jr. With Others in Birmingham, Alabama, 1965
Date Created
1965
Description
Martin Luther King, Jr. is shown standing with others at a podium in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
The aftermath of a bombing of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Bethel Baptist Church After a Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, circa December 1962
Date Created
1962/1963
Description
The aftermath of a bombing of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Race discrimination, Church buildings, Church history
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Don A. Hawkins Walks Past a Group of Segregationists, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
Birmingham city council member Don A. Hawkins walks past a group of segregationists at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM8) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22 -- TRIES TO IGNORE SIGNS -- Don A. Hawkins, a member of the Birmingham city council and one of five city leaders named to meet tomorrow in Washington with President Kennedy, walks past a group of segregationist today at the airport. An altercation took place between Hawkins and some sign bearers moments before. The demonstrators accused Hawkins of being an integrationist and a tool of Mayor Albert Boutwell.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation, Demonstrations
Collection
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
Birmingham Policeman Stands in Front of a Crowd, May 1963
Date Created
1963-05
Description
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.
Subject
African American men, African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
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
Three Civil Defense Workers Stand Guard Outside Arthur Shores' House, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
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.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Crime
Collection
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
Arthur Shores Inspects Damage To His House, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
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.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
City police are shown exiting a school bus to take up positions at West End School on the first day of integration at the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- POLICE GET READY -- City police pile out of school bus to take up positions at West End School which is scheduled to be integrated in Birmingham, Ala. today.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham Police at West End School Integration, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
City police are shown exiting a school bus to take up positions at West End School on the first day of integration at the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 4 -- POLICE GET READY -- City police pile out of school bus to take up positions at West End School which is scheduled to be integrated in Birmingham, Ala. today.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Segregation, School integration
Collection
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
Reverends V.C. Provitt and N.H. Smith Examining Damage to Bethel Baptist Church, circa December 1962
Date Created
1962/1963
Description
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.
Subject
African American men, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Religion, Race discrimination, Church buildings, Church history
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mrs. A.G. Gaston tells the press about two fire bombs that were thrown at the window of her home. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 9 -- TELLS OF BOMB DAMAGE -- Mrs. A.G. Gaston, wife of a Negro millionaire, tells newsmen in Birmingham yesterday how two fire bombs were thrown at the window of her palatial home before dawn. No one was injured and damage was slight. Lampshade at left was burned, glass was broken from the window and the exterior of the house was blackened.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Mrs. A.G. Gaston Showing Newsmen Bomb Damage to Home, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
Mrs. A.G. Gaston tells the press about two fire bombs that were thrown at the window of her home. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 9 -- TELLS OF BOMB DAMAGE -- Mrs. A.G. Gaston, wife of a Negro millionaire, tells newsmen in Birmingham yesterday how two fire bombs were thrown at the window of her palatial home before dawn. No one was injured and damage was slight. Lampshade at left was burned, glass was broken from the window and the exterior of the house was blackened.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Race discrimination, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Confederate Flag Flies Outside of Shades Valley High School, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A Confederate flag flies outside of Shades Valley High School during a demonstration against integrated schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG TEMPORARILY -- This Confederate flag was run up the flagstaff of the Shades Valley High School during today's demonstrations against integrated schools. School authorities quickly had it replaced with the American flag. Three schools integrated this week under federal orders. Students from both segregated and integrated schools have demonstrated at several schools in the city in an attempt to get others to join their boycott of classes.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Birmingham, Alabama High School Student Anti-Integration Demonstration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A group of students are shown protesting against the integration of high schools in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption on photo reads: (BM1) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- INTEGRATION DEMONSTRATION -- This group, made up of students from three integrated Birmingham High schools, wave Confederate flags and shout for students inside segregated Phillips High School to join their protest demonstration against Negroes attending their schools.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A policeman carries a case containing fifty sticks of dynamite and a timing device that was placed in the home of Birmingham Mayor Albert Boutwell. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 1 *-- DYNAMITE FOUND AT MAYOR'S HOME -- Two city policemen carry a case containing 50 sticks of dynamite and a timing device from the home of Mayor Albert Boutwell in Birmingham today. The mayor was out of town, but his wife and son slept nearby when the bomb was found and deactivated. A second similar bomb was found at a councilwoman's home and a third exploded in a Negro residential area, injuring one boy and causing extensive damage.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Policeman Carrying a Box of Dynamite from Birmingham Mayor's Home, 1965
Date Created
1965
Description
A policeman carries a case containing fifty sticks of dynamite and a timing device that was placed in the home of Birmingham Mayor Albert Boutwell. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 1 *-- DYNAMITE FOUND AT MAYOR'S HOME -- Two city policemen carry a case containing 50 sticks of dynamite and a timing device from the home of Mayor Albert Boutwell in Birmingham today. The mayor was out of town, but his wife and son slept nearby when the bomb was found and deactivated. A second similar bomb was found at a councilwoman's home and a third exploded in a Negro residential area, injuring one boy and causing extensive damage.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Phillips High School Students Protest Against Integration, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
High school students walk past a line of policemen in front of Phillips High School to protest school integration. Caption of photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13 -- JOIN DEMONSTRATION -- Students walk past a line of policemen as they leave Phillips High School (background) today to join students from other city schools protesting integration. Students from integrated and segregated [illegible] held a demonstration outside segregated Phillips High.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
West End High School Student Leading Integration Protest from Roof, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A West End High School student stands on a roof speaking through a megaphone to a group gathered in his backyard that walked out of class to protest the integration of Birmingham high schools. Caption on photo reads: (BM4) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 11 -- SHOUTING FROM THE HOUSE TOP -- A young West End High student talks through a megaphone to a group gathered in the backyard of his home after they left school today. The walkout came on the second day of integrated classes. The group attempted to demonstrate and when police broke it up they regrouped in the yard a block away.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights, Demonstrations
Collection
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
Arthur Shores and a Policeman View Bomb Damage To Home, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
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.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, Crime
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A student who desegregated West End High School sits in a car whose window is broken from a rock that was thrown at it as the students were leaving the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Sept. 11 -- CAR WINDOW SMASHED -- One of two Negro girl students who desegregated West End High School in Birmingham sits in car and is partially framed by broken auto window. A rock was hurled through the window as the Negro girls were leaving the school area after class this afternoon.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Girl Sitting in a Car With a Broken Window, 1963
Date Created
1963
Description
A student who desegregated West End High School sits in a car whose window is broken from a rock that was thrown at it as the students were leaving the school. Caption on photo reads: (BM5) BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Sept. 11 -- CAR WINDOW SMASHED -- One of two Negro girl students who desegregated West End High School in Birmingham sits in car and is partially framed by broken auto window. A rock was hurled through the window as the Negro girls were leaving the school area after class this afternoon.
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, School integration, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
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
Three Unidentified Women Crying in Front of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, September 1963
Date Created
1963-09
Description
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
Subject
African American women, African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Religion, Race discrimination, Church buildings
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series