Lowery to Step Down as Rights Leader
The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, considered the dean of the civil rights movement, is resigning as leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization he co-founded with the Revs. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy Sr. and other clergymen. Inheriting a group in turmoil and in debt 20 years ago, Lowery, 74, guided it on a new course that embraced more mainstream social and economic polices and restored its financial health. His successor will be named Wednesday, during the final day of the group’s convention in Atlanta.
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