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Congressman Cohen Recalls the Life and Legacy of the Reverend Joseph Lowery

March 28, 2020

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today celebrated the life and legacy of the Reverend Joseph Lowery, a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and longtime Civil Rights leader, who died Friday in Atlanta at the age of 98.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I was fortunate to know Reverend Lowery through his frequent visits to Memphis for the 4th of April anniversaries of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. He was a great humanitarian, a gifted orator and truly a man of God."