Tag: John Lewis

The Birmingham Times Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell, one of the leading advocates for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, was in Atlanta on...

Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Activists who gathered virtually and in person to commemorate a pivotal day in the civil rights struggle that became...

By Sara Boboltz Black Voices A tribute to the Confederacy outside a courthouse in Dekalb County, Georgia, will be replaced by a memorial to the late...

By Pat Byington bhamnow.org Four months later, Lee Pantazis’s secret is out.  Last August, Pantazis, Gus’s Hot Dogs owner, let me in on a secret. He told me that once...

Compiled by Sydney Melson The Birmingham Times In any year, the deaths of great musicians, Hall of Fame athletes, elected officials, Civil Rights leaders, and others...

By Jeff Martin Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hailed as a “founding father” of a fairer, better United States, John Lewis was eulogized Thursday by three...

Compiled by Erica Wright We asked Birmingham-area residents, what is the legacy left by the departed Congressman John Lewis and Rev. CT Vivian? Jazmine Payne: “...

MSN News WASHINGTON – As he prepared for the invocation for Lewis’ service, Grainger Browning Jr. wanted to highlight Rep. John Lewis’ humble beginnings and his...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Good Trouble. That is what several city officials and local leaders remembered about Congressman John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian...

By Kim Chandler Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final...