ATLANTA (AP) – Evelyn Lowery, a pioneer in civil rights and women’s empowerment and the wife of the Rev. Joseph Lowery, died Thursday at her home in Georgia, a family spokeswoman said. Family ...

The King Center's chief executive officer, Bernice A. King released the following statement: "I am deeply saddened by the death of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson Lowery, and my heart goes out to her husband, Dr.

Morehouse College has secured the papers of Joseph and Evelyn Lowery, two of the most instrumental figures in the civil rights and created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin ...

Thirteen years after securing the historic papers of Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College has scored another important trove that chronicles the civil rights movement. On Wednesday, the college ...

Over the last 67 years, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery rarely did anything alone. But there he was Wednesday morning — a solitary figure amidst a sea of mourners – seated alone at the casket of his wife, ...

Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery was laid to rest following a private funeral ceremony in Atlanta Saturday morning. The civil rights icon passed away at the age of 98 on March 27th. The funeral was held at ...

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery n the East Room of the the White House in Washington. Lowery ...

ATLANTA -– On the anniversary of what would have been Reverend Joseph E. Lowery’s 99th birthday, the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice & Human Rights announced that they have named Lloyd ...

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The wife of civil rights leader Joseph Lowery has died in Atlanta at age 88. Evelyn Lowery was a civil rights activist alongside her husband. She participated in the historic march from Selma to ...