Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee and Civil Rights figure Dr. Joseph Lowery to speak at Glide Church

Rev. Joseph Lowery, 87, a major figure in the civil rights movement who marched with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and gave the benediction at Barack Obama's inauguration will preach at Glide Memorial Church, Sunday, 11/8. Reverend Lowery recently received the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. The event is free and open to the public.