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FILE - In this Aug. 16, 1972, file photo, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, chairman of the board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, makes a point to the convention opening in Dallas. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the SCLC and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 1972, file photo, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, chairman of the board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, makes a point to the convention opening in Dallas. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the SCLC and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)

March 28, 2020

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Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98
March 28, 2020 10:59 p.m.

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country’s first black president and echoed the call for “justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” in America.