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Joseph Echols Lowery (October 6, 1921 – March 27, 2020) was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement.He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, serving as its vice president, later chairman of the board, and its third president from 1977 to 1997.
For more than four decades after the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the fiery preacher was on the front line of the civil rights struggle. Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK ...
Lowery co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with King and other black ministers in 1957, to fight segregation across the U.S. South. America's civil rights leader Joseph Lowery ...
Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for " Games People Play " and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for " Rose Garden ".
Joseph W. Pfeifer (born 1956) [1] is a retired American firefighter who served with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Pfeifer served as First Deputy ...
Joseph Smith of Lakewood died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release. Joseph Johnson died of a gunshot wound to the chest. His city of ...
Lowery was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 16, 1925, and was the daughter of activists Rev. Dr. Harry and Evelyn Gibson. They provided her with the inspiration that became the foundation for a lifetime of involvement in human rights at both the national and international levels.
Lowery was found at about 11:30 a.m. and was declared deceased, the sheriff's office report said. Julius Whigham II is a criminal justice and public safety reporter for The Palm Beach Post.