Civil rights icon released from Atlanta hospital

Created on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:33 Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:20 Published on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:33 Written by Associated Press Hits: 1024

An Emory University Hospital spokesman said Sunday Rev. Lowery was released Saturday night.

The 88-year-old Lowery was admitted to the hospital two weeks earlier with a blood clot in his lung.

Rev. Joseph Lowery

He stood with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement and offered the benediction at President Barack Obama’s inauguration last year.

Lowery received the Presidential Medal of Freedom several months later.

He co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with King and was the group’s president for two decades.