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Joseph Echols Lowery (October 6, 1921 – March 27, 2020) was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement.
Mar 28, 2020 · Known affectionately as the "Dean" of the Civil Rights Movement, Lowery was a part of pivotal moments in the nation's history – from early civil rights struggles to the inauguration of...
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Mar 28, 2020 · The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who...
Mar 27, 2020 · The Rev. Joseph Lowery, a leader in America’s civil rights movement, died Friday. He was 98. Lowery’s death was confirmed by family representative Imara Canady, who said he died of natural...
Mar 29, 2020 · Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98.
Mar 29, 2020 · The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, seen here at the National Press Club in Washington in 2008, was a veteran civil rights leader, who helped Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian...
Mar 28, 2020 · The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country's first black president and echoed the call for "justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" in America. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades, gave the benediction at Obama's inauguration and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
