The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery

8/13/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.185

Civil rights leader, minister, and nonprofit chief executive Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery (1921 - ) was co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and led the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. Lowery was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/13/2003, in Atlanta, Georgia. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 36m 50s

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Lowery, Joseph E., interviewee.

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Outspoken civil rights activist the Reverend Joseph Lowery was born on October 6, 1921, in Huntsville, Alabama. Considered the dean of the Civil Rights Movement, Lowery began his education in Huntsville, spending his middle school years in Chicago before returning to Huntsville to complete high school. From there, Lowery attended Knoxville College, Payne College and Theological Seminary, and the Chicago Ecumenical Institute. Lowery earned his doctorate of divinity as well.Lowery began his work w...