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(passed of natural causes)
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98
In 2009, President Obama awarded Lowery the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor.
The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the countrys first black president and echoed the call for justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream in America.
For more than four decades after the death of his friend and civil rights icon, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the fiery Alabama preacher was on the front line of the battle for equality, with an unforgettable delivery that rivaled Kings and was often more unpredictable. Lowery had a knack for cutting to the core of the countrys conscience with commentary steeped in scripture, refusing to back down whether the audience was a Jim Crow racist or a U.S. president.
man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right, Lowery prayed at President Barack Obamas inaugural benediction in 2009.
Lowery, 98, died Friday at home in Atlanta, surrounded by family members, they said in a statement.
He died from natural causes unrelated to the coronavirus outbreak, the statement said.
Tonight, the great Reverend Joseph E. Lowery transitioned from earth to eternity, The King Center in Atlanta remembered Lowery in a Friday night tweet. He was a champion for civil rights, a challenger of injustice, a dear friend to the King family.
Lowery led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades restoring the organizations financial stability and pressuring businesses not to trade with South Africas apartheid-era regime before retiring in 1997.
Considered the dean of civil rights veterans, he lived to celebrate a November 2008 milestone that few of his movement colleagues thought they would ever witness the election of an African-American president.
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For more than four decades after the death of his friend and civil rights icon, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the fiery Alabama preacher was on the front line of the battle for equality, with an unforgettable delivery that rivaled Kings and was often more unpredictable. Lowery had a knack for cutting to the core of the countrys conscience with commentary steeped in scripture, refusing to back down whether the audience was a Jim Crow racist or a U.S. president.
man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right, Lowery prayed at President Barack Obamas inaugural benediction in 2009.
Lowery, 98, died Friday at home in Atlanta, surrounded by family members, they said in a statement.
He died from natural causes unrelated to the coronavirus outbreak, the statement said.
Tonight, the great Reverend Joseph E. Lowery transitioned from earth to eternity, The King Center in Atlanta remembered Lowery in a Friday night tweet. He was a champion for civil rights, a challenger of injustice, a dear friend to the King family.
Lowery led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades restoring the organizations financial stability and pressuring businesses not to trade with South Africas apartheid-era regime before retiring in 1997.
Considered the dean of civil rights veterans, he lived to celebrate a November 2008 milestone that few of his movement colleagues thought they would ever witness the election of an African-American president.
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Rest in Peace Rev Lowery.
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Rev Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98 (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Mar 2020
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His benediction at President Obama's inauguration just left me as happy....
RussellCattle
Mar 2020
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RussellCattle
(1,503 posts)1. His benediction at President Obama's inauguration just left me as happy....
....as I've ever been. It was perfect. Just perfect. I've watched it a few times since, on Youtube, because I still enjoy it so much. I think he embarrassed Obama a little bit with the black church vibe (watch it and see if you agree) but that just made it even better because it was so real.
iluvtennis
(19,756 posts)2. I will take a look. thanks for the recmmendation. BTW, welcome to DU