Former Mobile Preacher Taking Part In Inauguration

Barack Obama Inauguration The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery who preached at Warren Street United Methodist Church for 10 years will give the benediction after Barack Obama's inauguration speech.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Mon, January 19, 2009 - 5:04 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, January 19, 2009 - 5:08 pm CST
A civil rights leader with ties to Mobile will play a role in Tuesday's historic inauguration.

The Reverend Joseph E. Lowery, who preached at Warren Street United Methodist Church in Toulminville from 1952-1961, will give the benediction after Barack Obama's inauguration speech.

Dr. Lowery was born in Huntsville and joined the civil rights movement after Rosa Parks' arrest in 1955. Two years later, he and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He served as the organization's president from 1977-1997.
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