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Joseph E. Lowery is shown standing at a pulpit in front of a congregation in an unidentified church.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown talking to a woman with a typewriter while smiling and holding a booklet.
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
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
Horses and wagons that are part of the Poor Peoples' Campaign are shown marching past policemen while crossing the Mississippi-Alabama state line.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
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
The aftermath of a bombing of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Fred Shuttlesworth is shown seated on the church dais (second seated person from the right) while another individual (standing) appears to address the crowd.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery addresses the press and demonstrators on the steps of an unidentified building in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Alabama State Troopers are shown blocking the entrance to Murphy High School to turn away Dorothy Bridget Davis and Henry Hobdy as part of George Wallace's executive order. Caption on photo reads: (MOB2) MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 9 - TROOPERS TURN BACK STUDENTS - With Alabama State Troopers blocking the main entrance to Murphy High School, Negro students, arms loaded with school books, Dorothy Bridget Davis, 16, and Henry Hobdy, 17, turn away from school. Hobdy is reading his copy of an executive order from Governor Wallace stopping the pair from attending classes. Murphy high is Alabama's largest high school with 3,300 students.
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
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
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
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
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
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
An unidentified man examining a map is shown with other workers in the background.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Ralph D. Abernathy is shown with others standing around a poster advertising the Major League E-W All Star Classic Game to be held in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. Written on verso: Press Conference, from left to right: Rev. H.H. Brookins (SCLC West), A.E. Patterson (Vice Pres, Public Relations), Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, George Lederer (Dir. Of Promotion, Calif. Angels), Rev. Andrew Young
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Marchers in the Selma to Montgomery March are charged by police in Selma, Alabama on the day that was given the name "Bloody Sunday".
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