Evelyn Lowery, Wife of Joseph Lowery, Passes Away

Evelyn G. Lowery and Rev. Joseph Lowery attend the 50th Anniversary March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Evelyn Lowery, the wife of civil rights leader Joseph E. Lowery, has died. She passed away overnight in her Atlanta home.

She was 88.

As we previously reported, Lowery suffered a stroke on September 18 and had been hospitalized for a week. She left the hospital and returned home on Wednesday after doctors told the family that her condition would remain critical.

Lowery, the founder of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. (Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now), attended the 50^th anniversary of the March on Washington with her husband last month.

Our prayers and thoughts are with the Lowery family.

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