Joseph E. Lowery through the years: Photos

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Civil rights pioneer Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, seated in a wheelchair, passes a poster of himself as he and wife Evelyn Lowery, right, arrive at Atlanta Symphony Hall for a celebration of his 90th birthday, held Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, talks with a couple of aides, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, left, and Rev. Andrew Young, during an Atlanta news conference in an April 11, 1968 file photo. The Rev. Lowery will retire at the end of July after two decades at the helm of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (AP Photo)

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President-elect Martin Luther King III, right, along with SCLC President Rev. Joseph Lowery, center, and E. Randel Osburn, sing "We Shall Overcome," at the conclusion of a special convention on Saturday, Nov. 1, 1997, in Atlanta. King was elected to take over for the retiring Lowery, who along with Martin Luther King Jr., founded the civil rights group. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

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Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, center, chairman of the Black Leadership Forum, participates in a news conference with U.S. Rep John Conyers, D-Mich., left, Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, and other leaders to discuss their findings after an emergency meeting in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000. Members of the Black Leader Forum discussed the administration, voter reform and civil rights abuses during the election. (AP Photo/Stephen Boitano)

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President Barack Obama, second left, and first lady Michelle Obama, second from right, join Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., left, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., third from left, civil rights leader Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, fourth from left, and CBC Foundation Chairman Rep. Donald M. Payne, D-N.J., right, on the stage during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards in Washington Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Christine King Farris, left, the only living sibling of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., greets Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, right, ad his wife Evelyn G. Lowery, after a prayer service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, left, acting president and chairman of the board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and President Jimmy Carter, right, talk during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Wednesday, April 13, 1977 in Washington. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Dr. Joseph E. Lowery seated left, and Board of Directors Chairman Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, seated right, discuss their meeting with Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Z. Blum a press conference at the U.N. Church Center in New York, Thursday, August 22, 1979. Blum rejected a suggestion from the civil rights group that Israel open negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization. (AP Photo/Lederhandler)

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President Joseph E. Lowery gestures during an interview in his Atlanta office, Friday, July 19, 1985. Lowery said that Georgia football coach Vince Dooley would not automatically get the political support of blacks if he is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1986. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

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Civil rights activist Dick Gregory, left, Coretta Scott King, and the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Joseph E. Lowery, announce a national Call for Peace with Justice in New York, Monday, Dec. 10, 1990. The group, a “Coalition of Conscience,” has chosen on January 15, Martin Luther King’s birthday and the U.N. deadline, as the day. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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