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The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1946/2014
Subject
African American churches
African American clergy
African Americans--Civil rights
AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching
Civil rights movements
Community development
Gospel music
Political participation
Race discrimination
School integration
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium
black-and-white photographs
color photographs
publications (documents)
videotapes
Type
Moving Image
Still Image
Text
Description
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, 1946-2014, contains approximately 450 linear feet of personal papers, sermons, speeches, correspondence, SCLC and SCLC/WOMEN records, and hundreds of historical photographs and audiovisual records documenting the Lowery's struggle of justice and equality. The Lowery Trust granted sole ownership of the collection to Morehouse College in March 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library was formally designated as custodian of the collection with responsibilities for housing and providing access for students, scholars, researchers, and the global community.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Rights
