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Showing posts with label John Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Lewis. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Rep. John Lewis to be honored with postage stamp in 2023

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The U.S. Postal Service has announced that the late congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis will be honored with a postage stamp i...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Statue of late Congressman John Lewis to be unveiled in Charleston

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A statue of late Georgia congressman and civil rights leader, John Lewis, is set to be displayed in Charleston as it makes its way to Wash...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

House approves John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

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The House approved the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Tuesday in a party-line vote, kicking the legislation to the Senate ...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Congresswoman Nikema Williams vows to carry on legacy of predecessor John Lewis

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Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of former congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. But his successor, Congressw...

Navy Christens USNS John Lewis

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The future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the first ship in the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program, was christened July 17 duri...
Sunday, March 07, 2021

President Biden urges Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act

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In pre-taped remarks at the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast which was held on the anniversary the march in Selma, Presid...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Nikema Williams wins John Lewis' congressional seat

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Democratic State Senator Nikema Williams won the race for U.S. Representative John Lewis’s seat, representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional ...
Friday, October 02, 2020

Late Rep. John Lewis' name goes on Troy University building

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Just over a month after announcing the change, Troy University has put the new name on one of its signature buildings. It used to be Bib...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Atlanta Falcons name John Lewis honorary captain for first game of season

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The Atlanta Falcons are naming the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as an honorary captain for their first game of the seaso...
Monday, August 31, 2020

Troy University to name building after Congressman John Lewis

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The Troy University Board of Trustees voted to rename historic Bibb Graves Hall at the Troy, Alabama, campus in honor of U.S. Congressman ...
Friday, July 31, 2020

John Lewis NY Times essay: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

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By  John Lewis Mr. Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Barack Obama to eulogize John Lewis

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Former President Barack Obama will give the eulogy at US Rep. John Lewis' funeral on Thursday and former Presidents Bill Clinton and G...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Apple donates its proceeds from John Lewis documentary to museums that honor his legacy

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In tribute to the life and legacy of civil rights hero and US Congressman John Lewis, Apple will donate its portion of the proceeds fr...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Georgia Democrats pick State Senator Nikema Williams to replace John Lewis on November ballot

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Today, after a full review process of 131 applicants and a vote by the Executive Committee, the Democratic Party of Georgia announced ...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

Rep. Jim Clyburn: Edmund Pettus Bridge should be renamed after John Lewis.

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While appearing on Meet The Press Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), echoed calls for the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., to be renamed after...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

Watch full John Lewis speech at the March on Washington

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Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who died at the age of 80, famously gave a speech at the March on Washington in 1963. At just 23, he was the you...

NAACP statement on passing of Rep. John Lewis

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The NAACP mourns the passing of Congressman John Lewis, a resounding civil rights giant. He fought harder and longer than anyone in our ...

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Honors the Life and Legacy of Congressman John R. Lewis

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Honors the Life and Legacy of Congressman John R. Lewis Mayor Bottoms Orders Lowering of City Hall Flag...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Help the UNCF by watching the documentary John Lewis : Good Trouble

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Magnolia Pictures presents a Dawn Porter documentary, John Lewis: Good Trouble. For each paid rental of the Film that occurs via the UNCF...
Thursday, July 02, 2020

Job Lewis: Good Trouble available On Demand July 3rd!

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Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative ac...