From United Methodist News Service:
Two United Methodist veterans of the civil rights movement were invited to share the inaugural platform on Jan. 20 when Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, 87, gave the benediction after President Obama’s inaugural address. Dorothy Height, 96, was also invited to be among the special guests. Both had worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday was celebrated a day earlier.
The full article is here: http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=2429867&ct=6637097&tr=y&auid=4425137
United Methodist News Service has video of Rev. Joseph Lowery's benediction here: http://media.umcom.org/umns/_2009/20090120_inauguration/rev_lowery_inaguration.asx
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