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Jesse Jackson speaks at event taking place outside of the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama. Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford stands to the right of Jackson at the podium.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Coretta Scott King speaks during an event to mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Written on verso: Mrs. King speaks at the ceremony on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol to observe the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (L to R) Spiver Gordon, Mrs. King, Rev. John Nettles, Dr. Lowery, Dr. Claud Young, Mrs. Evelyn Lowery
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Martin Luther King, Jr. greets a woman outside of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama State Capitol building is in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Evelyn G. Lowery and another woman examine the granite fountain designed by Maya Lin at the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and others are shown at a demonstration led by E. Randel T. Osburn. An article documenting this march can be found on pages 66-67 of the June-July 1990 SCLC Magazine: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:07039. Written on verso: Rev. E.R. Osburn opens up the way for the leadership line to move to the Montgomery State Capitol.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama Governor George Wallace is shown in an office surrounded by stacks of papers and encyclopedias. Caption on front reads: MONTGOMERY, ALA. June 9 -- COME SEE MY MAIL -- Governor George Wallace of Alabama in [text cut off] during an interview makes a gesture about one of the many thousands of out of state let [text cut off] the past months in support for his position on civil rights. Wallace, has entered primar [text cut off] three states, Wisconsin, Indiana and Maryland. 1964
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama Governor George Wallace speaks at his desk while Evelyn G. Lowery, Joseph E. Lowery, John Nettles, John Lewis, Jesse Jackson, and others listen. The group was gathered in Wallace's office to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. Written on verso: 1985, 20th Anniv.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery looks at a program with John Nettles during an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act held in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference members and Alabama State University students are shown protesting on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery hands a document to an unidentified woman as John Nettles, E. Randel T. Osburn, and Rosa Parks look on at the 28th Annual SCLC Convention in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A photo of the Rosa Parks monument located on the campus of Alabama State University that was presented by SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) President Joseph E. Lowery and Rosa Parks stand at a podium during the proceedings of the 28th Annual SCLC Convention in Montgomery, Alabama. Members of the SCLC Board stand behind Parks and Lowery, including Jesse Douglas, Dick Gregory, Evelyn G. Lowery, John Nettles, an unidentified woman, and Spiver Gordon.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery stands at a podium during a press event in front of the St. Jude Educational Institute with George Wallace. The event was to mark the 30th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series