Here’s a look at the life of US Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights leader. Personal Birth date: February 21, 1940 Death date: July 17, 2020 Birth place: Troy, Alabama Birth name: John ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Sixty years ago, civil rights leaders and nonviolent activists tried to march from Selma to Montgomery in the fight for the right to vote. On March 7, 1965, 600 civil rights ...
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A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.” By Peter Applebome Senator Cory ...
Even before his skull was fractured by an Alabama state trooper during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, John Lewis had, along with Martin Luther King Jr., become the personification of nonviolence ...
When the Rev. Gerald Durley arrived on the campus of Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College in 1960, as a skinny 18-year-old, he was prepared to be the big man on campus. Standing at 6′4″, ...
In his 80 years, first as a Civil Rights Movement leader, then as a powerful longstanding member of Congress, John Lewis created a lot of “good trouble.” Befitting a man of his stature, he also ...
Demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump's administration continue across the country. On July 17, the demonstrations will not only protest Trump's policies but also honor the legacy of civil ...
SUFFOLK, Va. — Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Congressman and Civil Rights Leader John Lewis. In his honor, across the nation, tens of thousands of people participated in what ...