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A group of police officers are shown standing guard outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, where African American employees went on strike to demand the reinstatement of coworkers and official recognition of their union, Local 1199B of the Retail Drug and Hospital Employees.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A Group of Police Officers Stand Outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A group of police officers are shown standing guard outside of the Medical University of South Carolina, where African American employees went on strike to demand the reinstatement of coworkers and official recognition of their union, Local 1199B of the Retail Drug and Hospital Employees.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Men, women, and children join hands and sing during a union strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Union Strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Men, women, and children join hands and sing during a union strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Two demonstrators sit in front of a car with protest signs as part of a roadblock during the union strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Written on verso: Chapel Hill Road Block; Chapel Hill Freedom Committee CORE SCLC SNCC NAACP
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Union Strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Two demonstrators sit in front of a car with protest signs as part of a roadblock during the union strike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Written on verso: Chapel Hill Road Block; Chapel Hill Freedom Committee CORE SCLC SNCC NAACP
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph and Juanita Abernathy, UAW representatives, and others during a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: Prop of E.G. Lowery; Hospital -1199 Charleston, S.C. 1969; Carl Ferris; L. Wadrey[?]; Fauntroy; hosp. worker; Walter Reuther; Pres. 1199; Ralph & J. Abernathy; Joseph and Evelyn Lowery
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph and Juanita Abernathy, UAW representatives, and others during a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: Prop of E.G. Lowery; Hospital -1199 Charleston, S.C. 1969; Carl Ferris; L. Wadrey[?]; Fauntroy; hosp. worker; Walter Reuther; Pres. 1199; Ralph & J. Abernathy; Joseph and Evelyn Lowery
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A bleeding protester is shown being arrested and put into the back of a police van during a Charleston, South Carolina hospital strike. Written on verso: Charleston Hosp. March '69
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A bleeding protester is shown being arrested and put into the back of a police van during a Charleston, South Carolina hospital strike. Written on verso: Charleston Hosp. March '69
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Local 1199 Union hospital workers are shown kneeling and demonstrating at a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: 69 hospital strike
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Local 1199 Union hospital workers are shown kneeling and demonstrating at a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina. Written on verso: 69 hospital strike
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A woman demonstrator is shown being detained by South Carolina Highway Patrol officer during a hospital strike march in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Charleston, South Carolina Hospital Strike, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
A woman demonstrator is shown being detained by South Carolina Highway Patrol officer during a hospital strike march in Charleston, South Carolina.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of Local 1199 Union health care workers are shown amongst policemen and others demonstrating at a protest.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Local 1199 Union Workers Demonstrating, circa 1969
Date Created
1968/1970
Description
A group of Local 1199 Union health care workers are shown amongst policemen and others demonstrating at a protest.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Walter E. Fauntroy is shown alongside two men raising their fists in the air. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "United Auto Workers, 1964".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Walter E. Fauntroy and Others, circa 1964
Date Created
1962/1966
Description
Walter E. Fauntroy is shown alongside two men raising their fists in the air. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "United Auto Workers, 1964".
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Employees are shown leaving a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan. Caption on photo reads: (DT1) DETROIT, Nov. 6- FORD WORKERS LEAVE PLANT- Workers at a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in subruban [sic] Wayne, Mich., leave the plant this morning after negotiators failed to reach contract terms on the local level. At least nine of 11 Ford plants around the country lacking agreements had been struck as the ten A.M. deadline passed. Other plants that had settled grievances continued to work.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
United Auto Workers Strike, November 6, 1964
Date Created
1964-11-06
Description
Employees are shown leaving a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan. Caption on photo reads: (DT1) DETROIT, Nov. 6- FORD WORKERS LEAVE PLANT- Workers at a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in subruban [sic] Wayne, Mich., leave the plant this morning after negotiators failed to reach contract terms on the local level. At least nine of 11 Ford plants around the country lacking agreements had been struck as the ten A.M. deadline passed. Other plants that had settled grievances continued to work.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969
Date Created
1969
Description
Demonstrators are shown marching on South Main Street in front of Dailey's with a protest sign in support of the NAACP and Local 1733.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified man is shown working with metal.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Man, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
An unidentified man is shown working with metal.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An unidentified woman is shown working on a sewing machine in a factory.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
An Unidentified Woman, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
An unidentified woman is shown working on a sewing machine in a factory.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American women, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Ralph D. Abernathy (middle left), Evelyn G. Lowery, and other demonstrators are shown marching in Memphis, Tennessee in support of workers' rights. Written on verso: Memphis 1968
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstration in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Date Created
1968
Description
Ralph D. Abernathy (middle left), Evelyn G. Lowery, and other demonstrators are shown marching in Memphis, Tennessee in support of workers' rights. Written on verso: Memphis 1968
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young is shown standing on top of a car addressing a crowd of Local 1199 Union hospital workers.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Andrew Young at a Hospital Workers' Strike, circa 1969
Date Created
1969/1970
Description
Andrew Young is shown standing on top of a car addressing a crowd of Local 1199 Union hospital workers.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Demonstrations, African Americans--Health and hygiene, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding Ralph D. Abernathy's commencement address in Brazil, participation in a freedom movement for educational equality, a garment workers strike, the Poor People's Campaign, and other social, economic, and political related events. 12 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
SCLC News Releases, 1968-1969
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding Ralph D. Abernathy's commencement address in Brazil, participation in a freedom movement for educational equality, a garment workers strike, the Poor People's Campaign, and other social, economic, and political related events. 12 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Labor, African Americans--Education, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Housing, International relations
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A typewritten version of a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy to be delivered at the SCLC Solidarity Day March in support of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C. 6 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Poor People's Campaign Solidarity Day March Address, June 19, 1968
Date Created
1968-06-19
Description
A typewritten version of a speech by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Ralph D. Abernathy to be delivered at the SCLC Solidarity Day March in support of the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C. 6 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, Poverty, Meetings, Speeches, African Americans--Civil rights, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
A statement by Juanita Abernathy, wife of Ralph D. Abernathy, reporting events on Abernathy's arrest and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's intentions on fighting for the rights of hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 4 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Statement by Juanita Abernathy on the Jailing of Ralph D. Abernathy, June 23, 1969
Date Created
1969-06-23
Description
A statement by Juanita Abernathy, wife of Ralph D. Abernathy, reporting events on Abernathy's arrest and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's intentions on fighting for the rights of hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina. 4 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Civil rights movements, Labor
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
SCLC News Releases and Telegrams, 1968-1969
Date Created
1968/1969
Description
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) news releases from 1968 and 1969 regarding labor, SCLC's Ministers Leadership Training Program, Jeffersonville, Georgia, the trial of James Earl Ray, photographer Brig Cabe, and the jailing of SCLC President Ralph D. Abernathy during the Charleston hospital workers' strike. This PDF also includes two telegrams to Robert Johnson of Jet Magazine about SCLC food assistance in Marks, Mississippi and the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professorship/Scholarship Fund at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. 10 pages.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American civil rights workers, Labor, Demonstrations, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Religion
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
This folder contains a printed booklet titled "To Preach The Gospel To The Poor", containing introductory remarks and a letter by Ralph D. Abernathy written from a jail in Charleston, South Carolina where Abernathy had been imprisoned as part of the Charleston hospital workers' strike. 11 pages.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records
"To Preach The Gospel To The Poor" Booklet, April 29, 1969
Date Created
1969-04-29
Description
This folder contains a printed booklet titled "To Preach The Gospel To The Poor", containing introductory remarks and a letter by Ralph D. Abernathy written from a jail in Charleston, South Carolina where Abernathy had been imprisoned as part of the Charleston hospital workers' strike. 11 pages.
Subject
Civil rights movements, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Employment, Poverty, Labor, Demonstrations, Protest movements
Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, SCLC Records