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FILE - In this April 1968 file photo, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, talks with aides, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, left, and the Rev. Andrew Young, during an Atlanta news conference. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo, File))

FILE - In this April 1968 file photo, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, talks with aides, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, left, and the Rev. Andrew Young, during an Atlanta news conference. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo, File))

March 27, 2020

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Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
March 27, 2020 11:01 p.m.

Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, a family statement said. He was 98.