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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice

Trump Criticizes Late Rep. John Lewis For Not Attending Inauguration

Aug 04, 2020
When asked in an interview whether he found the late civil rights icon impressive, Trump claims to have done more for Black Americans than anybody else.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
Former President Barack Obama tells mourners Thursday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta that they can honor the late Rep. John Lewis by helping to revitalize voting rights.

Obama Calls For Abolishing Filibuster If It Stands In Way Of Stronger Voting Rights

Jul 30, 2020
"Naming it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act — that is a fine tribute," former President Barack Obama said. "But John wouldn't want us to stop there."
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National
A mourner pauses by the casket of Rep. John Lewis lying in repose at the Georgia state Capitol on Wednesday in Atlanta. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died

John Lewis, Towering Civil Rights Icon, Memorialized At Atlanta Funeral

Jul 30, 2020

"He, as much as anyone in our history, brought this country a little bit closer to our highest ideals," former President Barack Obama said of the longtime congressman and civil rights legend.

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Politics
A wreath is shown before the start of a memorial service Monday for U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D- Ga., in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.

WATCH: Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Honored At Capitol Hill Ceremony

Jul 27, 2020
The late Georgia congressman's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. A public viewing for the "conscience of the Congress" will be held outside due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Race
The casket of Rep. John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse-drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis on July 26 in Selma, Ala.

In Selma, A 'Final Crossing' For John Lewis Across The Edmund Pettus Bridge

Jul 26, 2020
In 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest racial discrimination in voting. On Sunday, his body crossed that bridge one last time.
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National
The Rev. Darryl Caldwell speaks as the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., lies in repose during a service at Troy University in Troy, Ala., on Saturday.

Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Remembered In Ceremonies Across Alabama

Jul 25, 2020
The late Georgia congressman was celebrated Saturday morning at "The Boy From Troy" memorial service in his Alabama hometown. "It's up to us to keep his legacy alive," his great-nephew told mourners.
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National
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in January 2019.

Rep. John Lewis Will Lie In State At The U.S. Capitol, With An Outdoor Public Viewing

Jul 23, 2020
Visitors will file by the the Capitol and be required to wear masks because of the coronavirus. Lewis' family urges people outside of Washington, D.C., to pay tribute virtually.
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Politics
Sen. Nikema Williams, D- Atlanta, talks to a colleague on the floor of the Georgia State Senate in February.

Georgia State Sen. Nikema Williams To Replace Rep. John Lewis On November Ballot

Jul 20, 2020
State Democratic officials voted overwhelmingly for Williams Monday. Lewis had represented the majority black and Democratic district, which includes Atlanta, since 1987.
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National
Mourners pay their respects at a mural of Rep. John Lewis painted on a building in Atlanta. The civil rights icon and congressman died on Friday.

Calls Grow To Honor John Lewis In Ways Both Symbolic And Concrete

Jul 19, 2020
Proposed ideas include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of the late congressman and passing expanded voting rights legislation in his name.
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Obituaries
In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images and his arrest record from a March 5, 1963, nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segregated lunch counters.

Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Never Gave Up Or Gave In

Jul 19, 2020
The longtime Georgia congressman died Friday of pancreatic cancer. Lewis, who devoted his life to activism and the civil rights movement, was known as "the conscience of the Congress."
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Obituaries
President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The civil rights giant died Friday.

In Tributes, John Lewis Remembered As An American Hero

Jul 18, 2020
Lawmakers from across the political spectrum remembered Rep. John Lewis as a man who embodied the best of American ideals and a stalwart champion for civil rights.
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StoryCorps
Georgia Rep. John Lewis near the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. At StoryCorps in 2018, Lewis talked about meeting King in Montgomery, Ala., at 18.

Rep. John Lewis' Fight For Civil Rights Began With A Letter To Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan 17, 2020
As a teenager growing up in Alabama, Lewis wrote a letter to Martin Luther King Jr. during a budding civil rights movement. In a letter back, King invited the 18-year-old to join the cause.
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Politics
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts addresses the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People's Campaign on June 17 in Washington, D.C.

8 Political Questions Ahead Of The 1st Democratic Debates

Jun 24, 2019
Twenty candidates will take the stage over two nights in Miami this week. With front-runner Joe Biden under pressure, can another candidate, like Elizabeth Warren, make the most of the opportunity?
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The Two-Way
Then-President Barack Obama helps paint a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in 2017.

Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

Apr 04, 2018
"Being on the right side of history isn't always popular. And it isn't always easy," said the former president.
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National
Bettie Dahmer (left), with her mother, Ellie, said her father "was simply trying to make the world better for his children and other children."

'Uncomfortable' Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Aims To Face Past, Move Forward

Dec 09, 2017
Organizers hope to stay focused on the museum's message for its opening, despite African-American congressmen's objections to President Trump's presence.
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The Two-Way
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., says he'll skip the opening of  a Mississippi civil rights museum because President Trump is scheduled to attend.

African-American Congressmen Will Skip Mississippi Civil Rights Event To Avoid Trump

Dec 07, 2017
The congressmen say that given the president's record, he is ill-suited to attending the opening of a Mississippi museum dedicated to the history of civil rights.
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The Two-Way
Rep. John Lewis stands in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tenn. The American Library Association announced Monday that the Georgia Democrat received four prizes Monday for <em>March: Book Three</em>, the last of a grap

John Lewis' Graphic Memoir Wins 4 American Library Association Awards

Jan 23, 2017

March: Book Three, the third installment in the civil rights leader's memoir, won the Coretta Scott King Award for best African-American author. The Caldecott and Newbery medals also were announced.

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Politics
Civil rights leader and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., delivers remarks in front of a freedom bell during the "Let Freedom Ring" commemoration event in 2013.

Trump Attacks Civil Rights Hero Lewis As 'All Talk' After He Questions His Legitimacy

Jan 14, 2017
The Georgia Democratic congressman said in an interview Friday he didn't view Trump as a "legitimate president" amid reports that Russian cyberattacks had intended to influence the elections.
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The Two-Way
The English lessons begin in this ad from Polish online online auction platform Allegro.

At The Heart Of A Polish Christmas Ad, A Hard Kernel — And Some Happy Tears

Dec 07, 2016
The sweet little story of an aging man learning the English language features a kid, a puppy — and a hopeful take on a journey made by hundreds of thousands of Poles.
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The Two-Way

Colson Whitehead, Rep. John Lewis Among National Book Award Winners

Nov 16, 2016
Six writers emerged with the literary prize: Whitehead in fiction; Ibram X. Kendi in nonfiction; Daniel Borzutzky in poetry; and Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell in young people's literature.
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The Two-Way

These Are The 2016 National Book Award Finalists

Oct 06, 2016
Colson Whitehead, Jacqueline Woodson and Rita Dove are just three of the authors on the shortlists for the National Book Awards. The 20 books still in contention for the prizes were unveiled Thursday.
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The Two-Way

Colson Whitehead, John Lewis, Rita Dove Among National Book Award Nominees

Sep 15, 2016
And then there were 40: This week, the National Book Foundation revealed the writers who are still in contention for its literary prize. It capped the rollout Thursday with the fiction nominees.
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