- Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
- Title:
- Lowery, Joseph E.
- Creator:
- Tomlin, Elaine
- Date of Original:
- 1986
- Subject:
- African Americans--1980-1990
African Americans
Churches--Georgia--Atlanta
Churches--Georgia
Civil rights
Civil rights leaders
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Civil rights movements
Microscopes--Georgia--Atlanta
Public speaking--Georgia--Atlanta
Cascade United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Lowery, Joseph E.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Reverend Joseph E. Lowery speaking from the pulpit of Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (1921- ) is a United Methodist minister and civil rights leader. In 1955, he helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott to protest the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. In 1957, Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and later served as the organization's president from 1977 to 1997. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 158.02.001
ahc158002001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/southline/id/202
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/southline:202/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin print
- Original Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
Lowery, Joseph E.
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