Rev. James E. Orange Dies

The Rev. James E. Orange, a lieutenant of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 65.

Orange died Saturday at Crawford Long Hospital. He had suffered complications from gallbladder surgery, his daughter, Jamida Orange, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"We are all weaker today because James Orange is no longer with us," said Edward Dubose, president of the Georgia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "We have lost a great soldier in the struggle for freedom and equality."

Orange marched in his hometown in 1963 alongside King and the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy to help integrate facilities and transportation. He lived in southwest Atlanta for more than four decades.

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Survivors include his wife, Cleo, five children and two grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Rev. Orange.

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