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Called "the dean of the Civil Rights Movement," Rev. Lowery has been a leader in the nonviolent struggle for social change for more than half a century.
Rev joseph lowery biography
As head of the Alabama Civic Affairs Association in Mobile during the 1950s, Lowery organized a successful protest against segregated buses and public accommodations. In 1957 Lowery joined Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in organizing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
He became SCLC vice-president. Later, he became board chairman (1967-1977), then president (1977-1998).
Joseph lowery biography
In 1963, Lowery was one of four ministers sued for endorsing a New York Times ad that criticized Alabama police. In the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decision, the Supreme Court limited public officials' right to sue critics.
Lowery has gone to jail countless times for his beliefs, notably in 1968 during the Atlanta sanitation workers' strike; in 1984 in Washington D.C. for protesting apartheid; and in North Carolina while protestin