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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery arrives for his 96th Birthday Tribute at Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta. 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. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery arrives for his 96th Birthday Tribute at Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta. 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. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

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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.