Tag: John Lewis
Rep. Terri Sewell, With President Biden in Atlanta, to Defend the...
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...
Selma Bridge Crossing Different This Year; Goals The Same
Associated Press
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Activists who gathered virtually and in person to commemorate a pivotal day in the civil rights struggle that became...
Georgia County To Replace Confederate Monument With John Lewis Statue
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...
Birmingham’s Newest Mural Honors Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis
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...
2020 Was a Year of Loss. Here Are Those We Love...
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...
John Lewis Mourned as ‘Founding Father’ of Better America
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...
Word on The Street
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: “...
A ‘Hero’s Farewell’ as Civil Rights Icon John Lewis is honored...
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...
Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian remembered during Birmingham Vigil
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...
Body of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis crosses Selma Bridge
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...
