Your Monday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 62.
- What to do: Go see Rent. Or shop around at local antiques shows. Here’s a Chattanooga event planner for your week.
- What to listen to: Paul McCartney’s music. The former Beatle will be performing in Knoxville in May.
- What 2 do 2morrow: 2morrow is 2/22/22. Here are 22 ways to commemorate this 2sday.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
As the first African American with a college degree to work as an officer with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, life hasn’t always been easy for Charles Lowery Jr. Nonetheless, he says he’s been blessed.
“God blessed me, even through the heartache, even through the pain,” Lowery, now retired, said in an interview with the Times Free Press. “Through the prejudice, through the good times, through the encouraging times, through the officers that have put their arms around me and said, ‘Everything’s gonna be all right,’ I’ve been blessed.”
Lowery worked for the force from 1976 until his retirement in 2018 and he hopes to encourage others to pursue their dreams.