Today in Georgia History October 6, 1924 Joseph Lowery Suggested Readings David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1955-1968 (New York: William Morrow, 1986). Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (New York: Random House, 1991). Image Credits October 6, 1924: Joseph Lowery Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, 1965 Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-08102 Ebenezer Baptist Church Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1975 Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS 71 248 09 Interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS GA,61-ATLA,54 Joseph Lowery and Andrew Young Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Joseph Lowery speaking in a church in Birmingham, Ala Image courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Q21218 KKK cross burning, Burke County Image courtesy of the Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, bur141 Lowery giving 2009 Presidential Inauguration benediction Image courtesy of Getty Images, 84375573 Lowery receiving medal of freedom from President Obama Image courtesy of Getty Images, 89761093 Martin Luther King Jr. and Joseph Lowery seated and listening to a speaker in a church in Birmingham Alabama Image courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Q16726 Martin Luther King Jr. speaking to an audience in a church in Birmingham Alabama Image courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Q20684 President Johnson go to Selma now Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-135697 Reverend Joseph Lowery speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Rosa Parks seated towand front of bus Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-111235 Southern Christian Leadership Conference sign Boyd Lewis Photographs Image courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center Unidentified men on the march from Selma to Montgomery, 1965 Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ6-2329 .