CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — The Rev. Joseph Lowery on Sunday urged war protesters camping near President Bush's ranch to keep working for peace.
Lowery, 84, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at a sunrise interfaith Easter Sunday service.
Lowery said after the service that he sees many parallels between the civil rights movement and the peace movement, and so he decided to miss a traditional Easter church service for the first time.
"Being out here in nature with people struggling for peace and justice, in the shadow of the president's ranch, what better place could there be to celebrate Easter?" he said. "Hope is alive in this place."
Lowery spoke on the last day of the group's third protest in less than a year near Bush's ranch. Bush spent the holiday at Camp David, his first Easter away from the ranch since he was elected.