Rev. Lowery Hospitalized

Published Feb. 1, 2010 at 3:31 a.m.
(WSB Radio) -- The Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery is hospitalize, but friends say his condition is not serious...

"He was having shortness of breath, and he didn't come to the Trumpet Awards last night," fellow civil rights leader Andrew Young told the Atlanta Journal Constitution Sunday night.

He "has been in and out of the hospital before. I have not heard that it was serious. I think he was having some respiratory problems," added Young.

David Stokes, another friend, said Lowery was admitted to Emory University Hospital Midtown Saturday and was placed in an intensive care unit as a precaution. "But he's better, and he's going home" Monday, Stokes said.

The 88-year-old Lowery was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the signature civil rights group originally headed by Martin Luther King, Jr. Lowery was its president from 1977 to 1997. Last year, Lowery spoke at the inauguration of President Obama.

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