He was President Emeritus of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.

[3] It was organized to champion the rights of women, children, families, and responding to the problems of the disenfranchised regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, or religion.

Hosea Williams, Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mae Jemison, Andrew Young, Rev.

[6] She was also responsible for the erection of the Civil Rights Freedom Wall in Perry County, Alabama,[7] and monuments honoring movement icons such as Viola Liuzzo, John Lewis and Hosea Williams.

In 2004 Lowery was herself honored at the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, located in Atlanta, Georgia.