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The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Lowery celebrated his 88th birthday engaged in a spirited discussion on civic engagement along with Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and the senior-high students from Atlanta Public Schools. As part of the district’s ninth annual lecture series at Therrell Educational Complex in his honor, Dr. Lowery urged students to embrace every opportunity to make a difference through civic engagement.
“You are not responsible for the world you found, but you are responsible for how you leave it,” said the iconic civil rights leader, who proudly wore the Presidential Medal of Freedom he received in August from President Barack Obama. During the event, Lowery shared his feelings about the nation’s first African-American president, who had invited him to deliver the inaugural benediction earlier this year.