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🙏🏿🕯✊🏿🕊⚖ Peaceful journeys Rev. #JosephLowery, a warrior for social justice and an icon of the civil rights movement. "The Dean" transitioned last night at the age of 98. I speak his name with deep #respect and #gratitude for his #service, #sacrifices, #leadership and #love. #ArtIsAWeapon _______________________ VIA @loweryinstitute www.loweryinstitute.org - Our beloved, Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, made his transition peacefully at home at 10 p.m., Friday, March 27, at the age of 98. He was surrounded by his daughters. Hailed as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement” upon his receipt of the NAACP’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Lowery had assumed and executed a broad and diverse series of roles over the span of his nine decades: leader, pastor, servant, father, husband, freedom fighter and advocate. • • Born in Huntsville, Ala., on October 6, 1921, his legacy of service and struggle was long and rich. His genesis as a civil rights advocate dates to the early 1950s, when he headed the Alabama Civic Affairs Association, which led the movement to desegregate buses and public accommodations. In 1957, with friend and colleague Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He served as Vice President (1957-1967), Chairman of the Board (1967-1977), and as President and Chief Executive Officer (1977-1998). • • To continue his legacy and promote non-violent advocacy among future generations The Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice & Human Rights was founded in 2002 at Clark Atlanta University. The Institute was later renamed to include and honor Dr. Evelyn Lowery, his beloved partner in marriage and the movement for 67 years. _______________________ #photos reposted from the @loweryinstitute @apnews, @ajcnews @washingtonpost. • • #JosephEcholsLowery #SCLC #Activist #Organizer #Strategist #Mentor #Minister #SocialJustice #TheDean #LibraLeaders #DrEvelynLowery #CivilRightsMovement #CorettaScottKing #DrMartinLutherKingJr #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Hero #BlackPower #Justice #Equality https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SVN32Auu7/?igshid=78s4g89at776
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