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Joseph Lowery to endorse Ceasar Mitchell for mayor of Atlanta?

May 18, 2014 - Atlanta, Ga: Rev. Joseph Lowery speaks during the "Bring Back Our Girls" prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Atlanta. Rev. Lowery led the event which was behalf of the nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped a month ago from their school. Following the event 230 balloons were released in memory of the girls. PHOTO / JASON GETZ The Rev. Joseph Lowery at a prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church in May 2014. AJC/Jason Getz

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May 18, 2014 - Atlanta, Ga: Rev. Joseph Lowery speaks during the "Bring Back Our Girls" prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church Sunday, May 18, 2014, in Atlanta. Rev. Lowery led the event which was behalf of the nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped a month ago from their school. Following the event 230 balloons were released in memory of the girls. PHOTO / JASON GETZ The Rev. Joseph Lowery at a prayer vigil at the Central United Methodist Church in May 2014. AJC/Jason Getz
By Jim Galloway
July 11, 2017

We are still searching for details, such as where and when, but we have it on good authority that the 95-year-old Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the greatest surviving voices of the Civil Rights era, intends to endorse Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell for mayor on Wednesday.

In a November race that could be highly fractured along racial lines, that's pretty big stuff.

About the Author

Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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