The annual Celebration of Service, hosted by the Georgia Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Council, honored individuals whose ...

Lowery got his start as an activist organizing bus boycotts in 1950s Alabama. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades... Rev. Joseph Lowery, 'Dean' Of The Civil Rights ...

US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery who used to campaign with Martin Luther King died on Friday aged 98, media reported. Lowery's death was confirmed by Imara Canady, a board member for the ...

In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta announcing state lawmakers from around the county have formed an alliance they say will ...

Education: Attended Alabama A&M University and Knoxville College; Payne College & Theological Seminary, B.A., B.D.; Chicago Ecumenical Institute, D.D., 1950 Continued to lead marches and boycotts ...

The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.23.1a, 2011.174.23.1b, 2011.174.23.1c, and 2011.174.23.1d. The Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street ...

The Rev. Joseph Lowery was one of the first believers that a black senator from Illinois could become president, and Barack Obama was among those adding his thanks to the civil rights icon Sunday ...

ATLANTA -- The Rev. Joseph Lowery celebrated his 88th birthday with a little help from his friends, including soul legend Aretha Franklin and actor Samuel L. Jackson. Lowery, who worked alongside the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) The Birmingham Civil ...

Longtime African-American civil rights advocate Rev. Joseph Lowery told The Daily Caller that he was joking when he told a get-out-the-vote event that all whites will go to hell. “It was a joke” that ...