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Lowery, Joseph E.

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Tomlin, Elaine

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View of Reverend Joseph E. Lowery speaking from the pulpit of Cascade United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (1921- ) is a United Methodist minister and civil rights leader. In 1955, he helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott to protest the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. In 1957, Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and later served as the organization's president from 1977 to 1997.
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  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Cascade United Methodist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
  4. Churches
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Leaders
  7. Civil Rights Movements
  8. Georgia
  9. Lowery, Joseph, 1921
  10. Microscopes
  11. Public Speaking

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