Joseph Lowery, American civil rights leader, dies at age 98
Lowery was a key ally of Martin Luther King in the US civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Reverend Joseph Lowery (C) walks with former president and then-senator Barack Obama (R) and others during a march commemorating the 1965 Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama, March 4, 2007(photo credit: REUTERS/LEE CELANO/FILE PHOTO)