Stories Related to Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader And Aide To Martin Luther King Jr., Dies At 98

Krissah Thompson, Washington Post: Local
Sat, 03/28/2020 - 12:48am

Lowery, a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the group for 20 years and later spoke at Obama’s 2009 inauguration.

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