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Rev. Joseph Lowery hospitalized in Atlanta

Staff Reporter | Posted February 2, 2010 8:31 AM

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, a leader of the civil rights movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has been hospitalized in an Atlanta hospital.

Lowery, who gave the official benediction at the inauguration of President Barack Obama as the first African American president, served as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the 1970s. He was the group's third president, after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his immediate successor, Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy.

Lowery, 88, was admitted at Emory University Hospital complaining of respiratory problems and was taken into the intensive care unit, but he was later reported to be in stable condition, according to the Associated Press.

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Tolu Olorunda
2010-02-03 00:04:38

Just saw him speak a couple of weeks ago. I wish the iconic preacher a speedy recover.

Dr. Hasan Crockett
2010-02-03 10:26:48

Dr. Lowery is our beloved leader. We wish him a speedy recovery and many more healthy years among us.

mohamed shivji
2010-02-20 14:52:27

I pray that the reverend receive a very quick recovery for iconic figures like him are needed and continue to be needed in todays and tomorrows world/time. If there is a way that I can communicate with him or his family directly for I'd like to build up a rapport with the civil rights figure for people like him and Dr. Martin Luther king inspire me and i am hoping to become like them by erasing the lines that draw Jews, Christians and Muslim apart.

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