The great Joseph Lowery

[katsteve2012]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

 

[Correll]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

 

[katsteve2012]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats and sit at the back of the bus based on race, while still paying the same fare for a ride.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

 

[Correll]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats based on race.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

So upset over something from so long ago.


You know, my dad was less harsh on the Japanese he fought in WWII, than you are on whites.


A lot less.

 

[katsteve2012]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats based on race.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

So upset over something from so long ago.


You know, my dad was less harsh on the Japanese he fought in WWII, than you are on whites.


A lot less.

Im not "harsh" on whites, so you can abandon that nonsense.

But my memories of things that you know NOTHING about are clear.

The difference is that you did not "fight" any Japanese next to your father.

I sat at the back of a bus with mine.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

You don't know shit about King or Lowery. If King was alive today you'd be crying about his anti white message. Standing for equal rights is not anti white. Unless you are a white racist. And the civil rights struggle has not ended. There is no pure racism about it. Unless you're a demented white racist who believes Teflon history.

Rev. Lowery was a great man and since you know nothing about being great, you know nothing about the likes of Lowery.

Until blacks emancipate their own minds and run away from the democrat run political plantations that the average black feels so at home on, they, blacks, will continue to occupy the bottom rungs of every measuring stick society has (education, crime, poverty, etc.).

Some black folks see this and are preaching a positive message of independance and for that, they get every nasty racist comment you can think of hurled at them by negroes still living under an illusion and their white enablers.

If you think your civil rights are somehow being violated, by virtue of being black, start a thread about it.
Or tell someone in the black Congressional caucus about it. I'm sure they care a lot about you.

 

[Correll]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats based on race.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

So upset over something from so long ago.


You know, my dad was less harsh on the Japanese he fought in WWII, than you are on whites.


A lot less.

Im not "harsh" on whites, so you can abandon that nonsense.

But my memories of things that you know NOTHING about are clear.

The difference is that you did not "fight" any Japanese next to your father.

I sat at the back of a bus with mine.

I didn't say you were more harsh than ME. I said you were more harsh than HIM.

My dad fought, and then put it behind him.


YOu? You were raised in an atmosphere of hate. You are still fighting ghosts.

 

[IM2]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

Watch out katsteve you got a fan. I think sunni man got a rise in his levis because of what you said about Jackson and Sharpton. Being black, we know the deal.

I think had King lived he would have moved into economic development. But I do agree that economic development should have been the primary focus along with voting. Malcolm was right in that regard. There was another pioneer who died in this century, Dr. Leon Sullivan. His importance and leadership most whites know nothing about. He authored the Sullivan Principles, which I learned of about 25 years ago and that's who I looked to as far as modern black leaders.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Just curious: In a black owned and operated bus line for black customers who has to sit in the back of the bus?
And do those people in the back get to their destinations at the same time as everyone else? Or not?

 

[IM2]

You don't know shit about King or Lowery. If King was alive today you'd be crying about his anti white message. Standing for equal rights is not anti white. Unless you are a white racist. And the civil rights struggle has not ended. There is no pure racism about it. Unless you're a demented white racist who believes Teflon history.

Rev. Lowery was a great man and since you know nothing about being great, you know nothing about the likes of Lowery.

Until blacks emancipate their own minds and run away from the democrat run political plantations that the average black feels so at home on, they, blacks, will continue to occupy the bottom rungs of every measuring stick society has (education, crime, poverty, etc.).

Some black folks see this and are preaching a positive message and for that, they get every nasty racist comment you can think of hurled at them by the negroes still living under an illusion and their white enablers.

If you think your civil rights are somehow being violated, by virtue of being black, start a thread about it.
Or tell someone in the black Congressional caucus about it. I'm sure they care a lot about you.

Shut the hell up with that dumb shit. Emancipate your own mind white boy. Idiot.

 

[IM2]

Just curious: In a black owned and operated bus line for black customers who has to sit in the back of the bus?
And do those people in the back get to their destinations at the same time as everyone else? Or not?

We have another Correll.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Shut the hell up with that dumb shit. Emancipate your own mind white boy. Idiot.

I see just thinking about some things cause your head to spin around and whistle like a tea pot.
Does steam come pouring out of your sensitive ears?

My mind IS emancipated. That's why I can bring up these sorts of issues that frighten you so much.

I will not shut up and I will not go away as long as I can point out the hypocrisy and ignorance in posts like
yours. Deal with it.

 

[Correll]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

Watch out katsteve you got a fan. I think sunni man got a rise in his levis because of what you said about Jackson and Sharpton. Being black, we know the deal.

I think had King lived he would have moved into economic development. But I do agree that economic development should have been the primary focus along with voting. Malcolm was right in that regard. There was another pioneer who died in this century, Dr. Leon Sullivan. His importance and leadership most whites know nothing about. He authored the Sullivan Principles, which I learned of about 25 years ago and that's who I looked to as far as modern black leaders.

Malcolm did not think of himself as an American.


Do you?

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

We have another Correll.

So you have no answers. I'm not surprised. You are all bluff and bluster.

 

[katsteve2012]

Just curious: In a black owned and operated bus line for black customers who has to sit in the back of the bus?
And do those people in the back get to their destinations at the same time as everyone else? Or not?

Not certain who you are asking, but In a black owned bus system in the backward, bigoted south of that era, white southerners would have gotten their wish....there would have been NO BLACKS in their presence on public transportation and black citizens would not have had to abide by their backward, racist regulations, such as being required to relinquish their seats to white passengers, who were no better than them, except in their twisted psychotic view of their self proclaimed superiority.

As far as everyone "arriving at their destination:, I suppose that you see no issue with some being forced to give up their seats based on race, is fine.

For those who were forced to comply with such a practice, it was not acceptable to them at all.

 

[katsteve2012]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

Watch out katsteve you got a fan. I think sunni man got a rise in his levis because of what you said about Jackson and Sharpton. Being black, we know the deal.

I think had King lived he would have moved into economic development. But I do agree that economic development should have been the primary focus along with voting. Malcolm was right in that regard. There was another pioneer who died in this century, Dr. Leon Sullivan. His importance and leadership most whites know nothing about. He authored the Sullivan Principles, which I learned of about 25 years ago and that's who I looked to as far as modern black leaders.

Dr. Sullivan was a highly respected source that my own father referred to often as an educator.

 

[IM2]

We have another Correll.

So you have no answers. I'm not surprised. You are all bluff and bluster.

I have no reason to answer idiotic questions.

 

[IM2]

Shut the hell up with that dumb shit. Emancipate your own mind white boy. Idiot.

I see just thinking about some things cause your head to spin around and whistle like a tea pot.
Does steam come pouring out of your sensitive ears?

My mind IS emancipated. That's why I can bring up these sorts of issues that frighten you so much.

I will not shut up and I will not go away as long as I can point out the hypocrisy and ignorance in posts like
yours. Deal with it.

No, your mind is not emancipated. You're a slave. Slave to a racist belief. It runs you life. And as for being scared of what you bring . You're just another one in a long line of chumps trying to get a shot at the title. And I'll be more than happy to make an example out of you.

 

[katsteve2012]

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats based on race.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

So upset over something from so long ago.


You know, my dad was less harsh on the Japanese he fought in WWII, than you are on whites.


A lot less.

Im not "harsh" on whites, so you can abandon that nonsense.

But my memories of things that you know NOTHING about are clear.

The difference is that you did not "fight" any Japanese next to your father.

I sat at the back of a bus with mine.

I didn't say you were more harsh than ME. I said you were more harsh than HIM.

My dad fought, and then put it behind him.


YOu? You were raised in an atmosphere of hate. You are still fighting ghosts.

ROFLMAO! So now you are privy to what "I fight"? That is the

For those of us who are black, we know there are more leaders in our community than Jackson and Sharpton. Limbaugh made them the only leaders to white conservatives, but Limbaugh is a fat slob who dropped out of college because he was a dumb ass.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, second from left, helped lead a civil rights and antiwar march in Atlanta in 1970. Also present was Coretta Scott King, fourth from left.

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped organize a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. — and who gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration more than half a century later, died on Friday at his home in Atlanta. He was 98.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change announced his death on Twitter.

Even before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, Mr. Lowery had successfully campaigned to integrate buses in Mobile, Ala., where he was a young Methodist minister. After Ms. Parks’s action, he huddled with Dr. King and other Alabama ministers to oversee a 381-day boycott of Montgomery’s segregated buses.

In November 1956, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation on buses in Montgomery and, by extension, everywhere else.

Mr. Lowery was at Dr. King’s side almost until the day of his assassination in April 1968. At Dr. King’s request, he presented the demands of voting-rights marchers from Selma, Ala., to Gov. George C. Wallace in 1965. Mr. Lowery also helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King’s signature organization, and led it for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997.

When Dr. King gathered with his top aides days before his death, it was Mr. Lowery who ended the meeting by saying, “The Holy Spirit is in this room.”

Mr. Lowery marched in countless demonstrations, was repeatedly arrested and was once shot at by the Ku Klux Klan. As head of the S.C.L.C., he promoted economic empowerment for black Americans, saying they must control the cash registers of the lunch counters they integrated. He became known as the dean of the civil rights movement.

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and King Aide, Dies at 98 (Published 2020)

Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

www.nytimes.com

His message of economic empowerment was the solution then, just as it is now.

If he had led the Alabama bus boycott, his efforts would have been focused on starting a black owned bus line as opposed to fighting a battle for the right to sit next to our own oppresors.

In a capitalist country, land ownership and monetary value that is all that matters at the end of the day.

And absolutely correct about Jackson and Sharpton.

They lead no one, or anything except the emotions of the misinformed who insist that they actually are "leaders".

"Our oppressors"? LOL!!!!

Yes. The same "oppressors" who forced tax paying
adults to relinquish their seats based on race.

I'm not interested in giving you a history lesson today.

So upset over something from so long ago.


You know, my dad was less harsh on the Japanese he fought in WWII, than you are on whites.


A lot less.

Im not "harsh" on whites, so you can abandon that nonsense.

But my memories of things that you know NOTHING about are clear.

The difference is that you did not "fight" any Japanese next to your father.

I sat at the back of a bus with mine.

I didn't say you were more harsh than ME. I said you were more harsh than HIM.

My dad fought, and then put it behind him.


YOu? You were raised in an atmosphere of hate. You are still fighting ghosts.

I'm not "fighting" anything. What IM2 posted was something related to history, and I commented.....because I understood it based on my own personal history.

And for your edification, I was raised in a very nurturing, well provided for household, but I was also taught EXACTLY who "hated" me.

You saw what I stated as an opportunity to misconstrue what I stated as somehow being harsh on "white people".

But understanding that your typical line of pursuit here is to find anything that you can identify as "anti white", I totally get it.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Not certain who you are asking, but In a black owned bus system in the backward, bigoted south of that era, white southerners would have gotten their wish....there would have been NO BLACKS in their presence on public transportation and black citizens would not have had to abide by their backward, racist regulations, such as being required to relinquish their seats to white passengers, who were no better than them, except in their twisted psychotic view of their self proclaimed superiority.

As far as everyone "arriving at their destination:, I suppose that you see no issue with some being forced to give up their seats based on race, is fine.

For those who were forced to comply with such a practice, it was not acceptable to them at all.

I'm not endorsing the old South and their segregated ways in any manner.

I don't know why you'd think otherwise and I note it's ironic and a sign of how far we haven't come that some college campuses are now self segregating, no whites needed here or allowed.
So if they don't care...it really strikes a blow against racial healing.

It really undercuts anyone's message here when young black students are eager to turn around and
be the bigots we are all supposed to abhor.
They apparently don't give a damn what sort of message they are sending out.

But back on topic, yeah...I'm not a fan of segregation or any system of enforced racial superiority.
So don't try to lay that on me. You'll just wind up looking foolish.