- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Marching With Others at the 25th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1982
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
Demonstrations
Meetings - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Joseph and Evelyn Lowery marching with others at the 25th Silver Anniversary Southern Christian Leadership Conference Convention in Birmingham, Alabama. Written on verso: One of the highlights of the convention was a candlelight march in memorial of the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Avenue Baptist church in 1963 and the thousands of persons that were arrested and beaten in Birmingham during the civil rights struggle. Leading the march (from left to right) are Birmingham SCLC chapter president Rev. Abraham Woods, Mrs. Abraham Woods, Cong. Walter Fauntroy, President Joseph Lowery, Mrs. Evelyn Lowery, Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. Nearly 2000 persons joined the march.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03023
- 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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