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Civil Rights Icon Congressman John Lewis Passes Away At 80

Civil rights legend John Lewis continued to fight pancreatic cancer while seeking to change America up until his death at the age of 80

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Rep. John Lewis Funeral Arrangements Being Developed

Memorials are expected in three different cities.

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R.I.P.: The Other John Lewis I Will Always Remember. - ThyBlackMan

The instant the news flashed that Congressman John Lewis died the expected and much deserved avalanche of tributes poured in from all corners. Trump’s tribute was in that avalanche. The tributes all pretty much followed the same pattern. Lewis was praised as a civil rights

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Petition To Rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ Bridge For John Lewis Nabs Over 460,000 Signatures | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, is named after a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader. By Hayley Miller. Huff Post More than 460,000 signatures appeared as of Sunday on an online petition that calls for putting the name of late Rep. John Lewis on the Selma, Alabama, bridge where

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Bakari Sellers Discusses The Legacy of John Lewis

Bakari Sellers is one of the thousands of people who have been vocal in honoring the late John Lewis. Sellers called into the Russ Parr Morning Show to discuss how today's activists can use Lewis' work to inspire their fight. He also reveals that his father and Lewis were friends from their work at

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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

As long as I have breath in my body, I will do what I can. – Congressman John Lewis Congressman John Lewis is known and revered worldwide for his social justice activism as a young man during the modern Civil Rights movement which sparked large scale civic and social change in America. Many have

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PRESS ROOM: Princell Hair Named President & CEO Of the Black News Channel

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hair brings a unique background in diverse platforms including general management, experience leading a national news network, a regional sports business and several local television news departments. He has reimagined programming lineups in his career discovering new, engaging

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John Lewis 1940-2020: Celebrating A Legendary Life in Photos

The congressman and civil rights icon died on Friday.

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Civil-rights-era lion John Lewis has died - TSDMemphis.com

by Calvin Woodward - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed

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Our Struggle Is One 'Of Many Lifetimes': A 1985 Interview With John Lewis Shows There's Still Work To Be Done

In 1985, John Lewis conducted an interview for the Eyes On The Prize TV series documenting the history of the civil rights movement, detailing some of his memories from the

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ASALH MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS | Afro

ASALH MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS Dear ASALH Members and Friends, When the sad news came that John Lewis had succumbed to pancreatic cancer, I found the words, “John Lewis is dead,” hard to say and even harder to accept. The Association for the Study of African American Life and

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U.S Civil rights leader John Lewis dies at 80 | Africanews

U.S Civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis died Friday at age of

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Civil Rights Icon Congressman John Lewis Dies At 80

News reports say he passed away at home in Atlanta.

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Two GOP senators post photos of Elijah Cummings instead of John Lewis on social media | The Atlanta Voice

For the second time on Saturday, a Republican senator is apologizing for mistaking the late Rep. Elijah Cummings for Rep. John Lewis in a social media post. Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan's office said they made a mistake after a Facebook post honoring Lewis, the late Georgia congressman, included

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James Clyburn: Rename Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge for John Lewis : TheGrio

Year after year, Georgia Congressman John Lewis would gather community leaders and politicians at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate... View Article The post Rep. James Clyburn wants Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge renamed after John Lewis appeared first on TheGrio.

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Black Jobs Matter: The 'Strike For Black Lives' Demands An End To Economic Racism In The Labor Force

The "Strike for Black Lives" encourages participants to stop working at noon in all time zones for nearly nine minutes -- the same time it took a Minneapolis cop to kill George Floyd.

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Congressman John Lewis, Last Surviving Speaker from 1963 March on Washington, dies at 80

Georgia Congressman John Lewis, one of the most prolific voices of the civil rights movement, has died following a months long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Lewis, whose death on Friday, was confirmed in a statement by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, announced in late December that

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A timeline of events in the life of Rep. John Lewis | The Atlanta Voice

Born in rural Alabama during the dark days of Jim Crow segregation, Rep. John Lewis rose from poverty to become a leader of the civil rights movement and later was elected to Congress. Here is a timeline of some major events in Lewis’ life. Feb. 21, 1940: Born the son of Black sharecroppers near

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IN MEMORIAM: The World Mourns A True Icon and Freedom Fighter – John Lewis 1940-2020 | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across the Jim Crow South — during the struggle for civil rights and racial equality, was 80. His death came just hours after another the

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C. T. Vivian’s Place in History is Secure! - The Atlanta Inquirer

C. T. Vivian’s Place in History is Secure! By Bunnie Hayes Jackson-Ransom First Class, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia https://www.FClassInc.com/ Special Correspondent to The Atlanta Inquirer Dr. Vivian was a walking-talking history book. Maybe I know this because our paths cross so very much lately. We show

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Opinion: Honoring John Lewis' legacy should go beyond renaming Selma bridge - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The bridge should have been renamed long ago. Pettus was a domestic terrorist who fought in a traitor army for the right to claim ownership of human beings. Children aren't brought to Edmund Pettus Bridge to learn about him; families now make the pilgrimage to teach the next generation that men

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Mayor Eric Johnson's statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis | Dallas Weekly

Mayor Eric Johnson has released the following statement on the passing of United States Congressman John Lewis: “Congressman John Lewis was a true civil rights icon and an American hero. His commitment to the fight for justice, fairness, and equality was universally admired. He will be sorely

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Democrats urge action on voting rights as tribute to Lewis - African American News Today - EIN News

Mourning the death of civil rights hero John Lewis, Democrats are urging the Senate to take up a bill of enduring importance to the veteran lawmaker who died…

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C. T. Vivian dies at age 95, place in history is secure - Atlanta Tribune

By Bunnie Jackson-Ransom Cordy Tindell Vivian (July 30, 1924 – July 17, 2020)) was an American minister, author, and was a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. Vivian continued to reside in Atlanta, Georgia and founded the C. T. Vivian Leadership

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About Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian | Afro

“Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” James 3:18 By Lisa Mitchell Sennaar Rep. John Lewis and Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian adopted peace and nonviolence as an ideology and tools for social change. Rep. Lewis was a sit-in student protestor, volunteer freedom

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John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice - African American News Today - EIN News

… murder of Emmett Till, the African American youth whose lynching in Mississippi … video after video of unarmed Black Americans being killed, and falsely accused …

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Congressman John Lewis dies at the age of 80 | Atlanta Daily World

ATLANTA, GA — Seventeen-term Georgia Congressman John Lewis, often referred to as 'a living saint,' died Friday night following a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Lewis was a member of the 'Big Six' leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement and spent his life fighting for racial

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is never a good time to enable predatory loans carrying 400% interest rates,” noted Mike Calhoun, President of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), “but this is the worst possible time. The pain caused by the CFPB gutting the payday rule will be felt most by those who

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'Things could get very ugly': Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump sets the stage to dispute the results in November | The Atlanta Voice

Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election in November, one in which one candidate openly questions the legitimacy of the results or even refuses to concede. These experts are keenly

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John Lewis: In His Own Words

BET reflects on his most powerful quotes.

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