Joseph Lowery



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Civil Rights Institute honors Lowery

Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

The 2009 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award went SCLC founder the Rev. Joseph Lowery.

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The American Express of Racism. Don't leave home without it.

Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

... liberal leftist media. But the reverend Jesse Jackson or the reverend Al Sharpton, or the reverend Joseph Lowery or others? Well they can say anything they damn well please and they can make the most outlandish and brazenly racist statements possible. And the media simply stands and stares and moves on to something else as if to say "What?" Jesse Jackson and his ilk have turned racism...

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Jim Martin backs Clair Muller for ATL council prez

Blog for Democracy (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

... the former state lawmaker departed today for the islands of Fiji. Seriously. Somewhat related: Joseph Lowery set to endorse Kasim Reed , also from AJC.

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Assassination Fantasies

Track-A-'Crat (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

... by not quite joining in with Vidal’s assassination fantasy. As with the repellent racist Joseph Lowery , this marks approximately the seven quadrillionth time that Democrats have gotten away with saying something for which conservatives would have been publicly, and gleefully, crucified. This must be the mythical “respectful debate” whose passing the Democrats have long bewailed (well,...

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SCLC to announce new leader -- later

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

... permanent leader in the organization’s history. Founded in 1957 by King, Ralph David Abernathy and Joseph Lowery, among others, the SCLC was at one time one of the country’s most powerful direct action civil rights groups.Led by King, the SCLC was instrumental in getting both the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act passed. But over the past decade, despite the christening of...