Lowery, Joseph (Joseph E.)
Biography:
"Joseph Lowery, a distinguished civil rights leader and respected Methodist minister, helped to organize, along with Martin Luther King Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Referred to as the "dean of the civil rights movement," Lowery served as SCLC president from 1977 to 1997. For more than fifty years Lowery has been an unwavering champion of nonviolent resistance. He was a key figure in the desegregation of the United States and, after integration was achieved, focused his attention on other significant issues, such as black voter registration, affirmative action, AIDS education, and workers' rights."--"Joseph Lowery (b. 1924)" New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 11, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
- Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of civil rights leaders Joseph Lowery, and J. D . Grier with Police chief John Inman as he announces efforts to recruit more African American policemen, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 June 29 (moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of civil rights leaders Joseph Lowery, and J.D. Grier with Police chief John Inman as he announces efforts to recruit more African American policemen, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 June 29 (news)