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The [[US Supreme Court]] ordered the suit reversed. At the request of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King Jr.]], Lowery led the [[Selma to Montgomery marches|Selma to Montgomery march]] in 1965. Lowery served as pastor of Cascade United Methodist Church in [[Atlanta]] from (1986-92). He is now retired but remains active in the civil rights movement.

In 2006 at [[Coretta Scott King]]'s funeral, Dr. Lowery received a standing ovation when he remarked before four presidents in attendance: “We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor.” Others have commented that by abusing the grand opportunity to comment on the great life of Coretta King, he demeaned himself and Mrs. King but bringing into his speech in a classless political attack.

To honor Reverend Lowery, the City of Atlanta renamed Ashby Street in his honor.