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  • Subjects = African American civil rights workers
  • Geographic Location = Tennessee--Memphis
"Truths For All" article on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune speaks at Mount Olive Christian Methodist Church. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Noted Negro Leader Recalls Early Days" article on Mary McLeod Bethune's reflections on her life's work. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
"Famous Mary Bethune Brings Counsel of Love to Memphis" article on Mary McLeod Bethune's life. 1 page.
Johnson Publishing Company Clipping Files Collection
Ralph D. Abernathy is shown walking with others across a street in Memphis, Tennessee. Written on verso: Memphis after release from jail
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of people are shown standing on the walkway of the second floor of the Lorraine Motel. A banner memorializing Martin Luther King, Jr. can be seen displayed through a window.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A contact sheet containing three strips of 35mm negative images that depict a crowd gathered in the parking lot of the Lorraine Motel and a number of flowers and plants marking the room from which Martin Luther King, Jr. exited and was assassinated.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown alongside Jesse Jackson at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery is shown marching with an "I Am A Man" sign alongside Jesse Jackson and others at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Demonstrators representing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1733, march with other during the Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery (at center of photo) is shown amongst a group of demonstrators with signs at a Covington Pike Toyota strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph E. Lowery speaks during an event at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A crowd of demonstrators and press are shown gathered outside of Walker's Lounge and Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. This photo is filed in a folder labeled "Tennessee: Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College March, 1969 November".
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown marching with Ralph D. Abernathy, Juanita Abernathy, and others in Memphis, Tennessee as part of a Poor People's Campaign event.
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, Photograph Series
A group of men and women are shown marching, singing, and clapping down the streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
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
Ralph D. Abernathy (behind podium), Senator Ted Kennedy, Evelyn G. Lowery, Juanita Abernathy, and others are shown clapping on a stage during a Poor People's Campaign event in Memphis, Tennessee.
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