NAACP President and CEO Meets With Iconic Civil Rights Leader Rev. Joseph Lowery

BALTIMORE, M.D. – On Thursday, October 9, 2014, NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks met with Rev. Joseph Lowery in a closed meeting. Rev. Lowery, affectionately known as the dean of the Civil Rights Movement, has fought against prejudice and discrimination for more half a century.

Rev. Lowery is known for organizing successful protests against segregated buses and public accommodations in the South. In 1957, Rev. Lowery joined Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in organizing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In recent years, Rev. Lowery received media attention for his role in the first inauguration of President Barack Obama. In 2009, Rev. Lowery received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States.