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  • Decade = 1980-1989
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery with others holding hands and singing "We Shall Overcome" at the 1981 Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner. Written on verso: "We Shall Overcome," the popular anthem of the civil rights movement, closed the 1981 Drum Major Awards Dinner attended by over 1,000 persons.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery sitting in a pew with others in a church in Italy.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery standing under a tree outside.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Evelyn G. Lowery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Evelyn G. Lowery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Evelyn G. Lowery.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is seen laughing as she shakes hands with Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson dressed up as Santa Claus.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a podium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's fourth Public Policy Symposium held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20-21, 1981.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at the "homecoming" of Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder in Carrollton, Alabama. Written on verso: Mrs. Lowery - Bozeman / Wilder Homecoming and Mrs. Evelyn G. Lowery, National Convener SCLC/WOMEN
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery is shown speaking at a podium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery shakes hands with an unidentified woman receiving the Central United Methodist Church Women's Day Recognition Award.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of women posing for a picture at a Central United Methodist Church Woman's Day Recognition event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
The  choir of Central United Methodist Church sing during a Woman's Day Recognition event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of children listening to their teacher speak while sitting at a table during Sunday School at Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A woman is shown speaking during a Women's Day event at Central United Methodist Church. Joseph and Evelyn Lowery's daughter Karen Lowery (back row, second from right) and others listen.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery stand with others in the SCLC headquarter's conference room, including E. Randel T. Osburn (next to Joseph Lowery), Rosario Murillo de Ortega, and Jean Young (at far right). Ortega was visiting Atlanta with her husband Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista leader in Nicaragua. For more information about the Ortegas' visit to Atlanta, see pages 34-37 in the December-January 1984-1985 SCLC Magazine issue: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07388.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A portrait photo of Evelyn G. Lowery posing in front of bookshelves.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series