Joseph Lowery

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Joseph Lowery (2000)

Joseph Echols Lowery (born October 6, 1921 in Huntsville , Alabama , † March 27, 2020 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was an American pastor of the United Methodist Church and a pioneer of the American civil rights movement .

Together with Martin Luther King he helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was its chairman from 1977 to 1997. He was married to civil rights activist Evelyn Gibson Lowery .

At the inauguration of US President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, Joseph Lowery gave the inauguration blessing.

On August 12, 2009, President Barack Obama presented him with the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Medal of Freedom .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Douglas Martin: Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and Aide to King, Dies at 98. In: NYTimes.com . March 28, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Billy Graham does not pray in: Süddeutsche . May 17, 2010, accessed March 29, 2020.
  3. ^ The White House (en), accessed March 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Lowery, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lowery, Joseph Echols (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION United States minister of the United Methodist Church and a leader of the United States civil rights movement
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntsville , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2020
Place of death Atlanta , Georgia