#rev. joseph lowery

[lboogie1906]

Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery (October 6, 1921 - March 27, 2020) was a minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He became the third president of the SCLC, after Martin Luther King Jr. and his immediate successor, Ralph Abernathy, and participated in most of the major activities of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

He next attended Knoxville College and Alabama A&M College. He next entered the Paine Theological Seminary to become a Methodist minister. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

He completed his D.Div at the Chicago Ecumenical Institute. He was pastor of the Warren Street Methodist Church in Mobile (1952-61). His career in the Civil Rights Movement began in the early 1950s in Mobile. After Rosa Parks’ arrest in 1955, he helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott. He headed the Alabama Civic Affairs Association, an organization devoted to the desegregation of buses and public places. In 1957, along with Martin Luther King Jr., he founded the SCLC and led the organization as its president from 1977 to 1997.

To honor him, the city government of Atlanta renamed Ashby Street for him. Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard is just west of downtown Atlanta and runs north-south beginning at West Marietta Street near the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and stretching to White Street in the “West End” neighborhood, running past Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Morris Brown College. This street intersects both Martin Luther King Jr., Drive and the Ralph David Abernathy Expressway. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

[gregorygalloway]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (6 October 1921 – 27 March 2020), and Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker

[whatisonthemoon]

Chicago Tribune: Clerics Urge Pardon for Rev. Moon (1985)

WASHINGTON — A group of religious leaders ranging from the political Right to the political Left marked the release of Rev. Sun Myung Moon from prison Tuesday by calling for a presidential pardon and urging that the government resist the erosion of religious freedom.

Rev. Moon, a 65-year-old Korean evangelist, was released at midnight from a halfway house in Brooklyn, N.Y., after serving 13 months of an 18-month sentence for tax evasion. He went to his New York home before traveling to Washington Tuesday night for a banquet celebrating his release.

Rev. Moon told the audience of more than 1,600 that his imprisonment had given him an opportunity for prayer and meditation on ''what America must do to fulfill God`s will.''

''I was not there because of my personal actions or mistakes, yet I did not brood with resentment or hatred for those who persecuted me,'' the leader of the Unification Church said to a standing ovation.

Rev. Jerry Falwell, leader of the Moral Majority, and Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, appearing jointly and later separately at a press conference here, both argued that the federal government had wrongly prosecuted Rev. Moon.

''Because of the unpopularity of his religious beliefs, he received a . . . prison sentence . . . when E.F. Hutton hasn`t been touched on the wrists yet,'' Rev. Falwell said, referring to the Justice Department`s decision to prosecute the Hutton company but none of its officers in an alleged check-kiting scheme.

Rev. Lowery said, ''The President, who steadfastly claims to uphold the separation of church and state and who proclaims his support of religious freedom, has been strangely silent as the number of intrusions swell to unprecedented levels during his administration.''

He criticized many of his fellow clergymen, some of whom ''have been willing to give line-item support to the struggle for freedom and liberty for all.''

In a petition being circulated for a presidential pardon for Rev. Moon, the religious leaders said individual churches or denominations, not the government, should decide how church money should be spent. The petition said, ''A man innocent of intentional wrongdoing has served a jail sentence. That alone says enough to warrant a pardon.''

Although many major religious organizations were not represented at the Washington press conference, Rev. Falwell claimed broad support but noted that many of those present agree on little else.

[2plan22]

RT @BarackObama: Rev. Joseph Lowery was a giant who let so many of us stand on his shoulders. With boundless generosity, patience, and moral courage, he encouraged a new generation of activists and leaders. Michelle and I remember him fondly today, and our love and prayers are with his family. https://t.co/xxjY2habOm 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/1243996219241881602

Rev. Joseph Lowery was a giant who let so many of us stand on his shoulders. With boundless generosity, patience, and moral courage, he encouraged a new generation of activists and leaders. Michelle and I remember him fondly today, and our love and prayers are with his family. pic.twitter.com/xxjY2habOm

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 28, 2020

[worldlibertytv]

Rev Dr Joseph E Lowery Civil Rights Leader & King Aide dead at 98 , May God Rest his Soul see more in World Liberty TV Legends Channel PG @ https://www.worldlibertytv.org/portfolio-view/legends-2/#WLTV[gallery]/0/

[whenweallvote]

Reverend Joseph E. Lowery (October 6, 1921 – March 27, 2020) – known as the dean of the civil rights movement – passed away on this day, three years ago. Rev. Lowery founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside his friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marched from Selma to Montgomery, and fought for civil rights well into his 90s. "We ain't going back. We've come too far, marched too long, prayed too hard, wept too bitterly, bled too profusely and died too young, to let anybody turn back the clock on our journey to justice." – Reverend Joseph E. Lowery, 2013 Today we remember his sacrifice and celebrate his life-long commitment to justice.

[bootiesbooksandtheblues]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

- FANNIE LOU HAMER (RIP) - REV. JOSEPH LOWERY (RIP) - TONY DUNGY

#beautifulisBLACK https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsQMDuhG3_/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cartermagazine]

We Honor Rev. Joseph Lowery... The Dean of The Civil Rights Movement. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #josephlowery #cartermagazine #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #staywoke #rip #sip https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SdDmEgWX4/?igshid=fhug8pnymhez

[goodblacknews]

Belated R.I.P. to “Dean” of Civil Rights Movement and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Rev. Joseph Lowery, 98 (art by Mike Luckovich) #civilrightsmovement #civilrightsactivist #mlk https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YPDcIJNp8/?igshid=2l0666dnnrw6

[gregorygalloway]

Joseph Lowery (6 October 1921 – 27 March 2020) 

[africanamericanreports]

(via Barack Obama statement on the passing of civil rights leader Rev.Joseph Lowery)

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who was often called the “dean” of the America's civil rights movement, died Friday at the age of 98. Former President Barack Obama has released a  statement via Twitter on Lowery's passing.

[trascapades]

🙏🏿🕯✊🏿🕊⚖ 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

[dalisbrother]

R. I. P. Rev. Joseph Lowery 😢🙏🏾

[trini2c-blog]

Rev. Joseph Echols Lowery was the first Civil Rights legend that I had the pleasure to meet and had a true impact in my life. When I first came to Georgia as a freshman in the first class of Clark Atlanta University in 1989. His oldest granddaughter, Joy Kennedy was my roommate. I attend church service at United Methodist and ate in his home off Cascade and learned lessons about past and present. When I was pregnant with my first child and was a rebel during the Rodney King riots in 1992 this great man was on James P. Brawley protesting with us and told me to go home and get out of the way of the tear gas because I was pregnant. He has always been a true leader, pastor, father, grandfather, Alpha man and a great example of a man. Rev. Lowery you will be truly missed. But you are at peace🕊with your wife Evelyn and a host of others. You are a true GOAT and forever should your legacy be remembered. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-RsO6LBy8h/?igshid=urp5ayyk8x0a