United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981921/2020Joseph Lowery stands before the SCLC headquarters in Atlanta. In 1977 Lowery succeeded Ralph David Abernathy as president of the SCLC, which has been based in Atlanta since its inception in 1957.Photograph of Joseph Lowery standing before a window at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The arch over the window is painted with the face of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and it reads "Southern Christian Leadership Conference. SCLC founder Martin Luther King Jr. Joseph E. Lowery President." In 1977 Lowery succeeded Ralph Abernathy as president of the SCLC, which has been based in Atlanta since its inception in 1957.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/joseph-lowery-b-1924Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/joseph-lowery-b-1924Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCivil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceClergy--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American clergy--Georgia--AtlantaMethodist Church--ClergyAfrican American Methodists--Georgia--AtlantaWindows--Georgia--AtlantaPainting--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American men--Georgia--AtlantaCivil rights--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--AtlantaJoseph LoweryStillImage