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View of the Reverend Joseph E. Lowery (left), one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Andrew Young (right), a member of the United States House of Representatives, at an event paying tribute to Jesse Hill, Jr. (not pictured), 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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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Celebrations
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Leaders
  6. Clergy
  7. Eyeglasses
  8. Georgia
  9. Government
  10. Lowery, Joseph, 1921
  11. Politicians
  12. Politics And Government
  13. Smiling
  14. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  15. Suits (Clothing)
  16. United States

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