- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Leading Candlelight Prayer Processional, May 7, 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981-05-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Demonstrations
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Joseph and Evelyn Lowery are shown holding candles while leading demonstrators in the National Day of Mourning March in Washington, D.C. Written on verso: 1981 SCLC History -- A candlelight prayer processional from the Sylvan Theatre to the White House launches A National Day of Mourning in Washington, D.C. May 7th by a broadband coalition of civil rights, labor, anti-hunger and anti-war groups opposing the Reagan administration's budget cuts in viable social programs. Among those leading the procession are Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Lowery (2nd and 3rd from left) and Ms. Anne Braden (right with candle).
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:02942
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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