Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, the man known as the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," has passed away at his home after a brief battle with an ongoing illness this past Friday.
Dr. Lowery was honored by the NAACP with its "Lifetime Achievement Award" and bestowed The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barrack Obama.
Dr. Lowery's legacy initiated as an icon in the Civil Rights Movement that spanned across eight decades. He was a national civil rights leader, a pastor, a family man, an overall freedom fighter, and an advocate for human rights.
Rev. Dr. Lowery played a pivotal role in the nonviolent struggle for rights, equality, dignity, and justice for African Americans. He was a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King's, and was one of Dr. King's chosen delegates to deliver the demands of the Selma-to-Montgomery March to Alabama's the Governor, George Wallace.
In 2009, Lowery even had the opportunity to deliver the Benediction during Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery will be remembered fondly by V-103 and everyone around the globe as one of the worlds greatest civil rights leaders.