well worth your time. And if you don’t know about Ella Baker, it is about time you learned. x HBCUs, like Shaw University, have nurtured and challenged students for generations. I stand here today on their shoulders. pic.twitter.com/fJ80Jo9zC0— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 18, 2020 < p class=”is-empty-p”>
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This pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? From today’s New York Daily News cover story: One by one, former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton stood tall Thursday at the Atlanta funeral of civil rights icon John Lewis, honoring the life and legacy of the fearless Congressional...
That is the headline on this wonderful piece in today’s New York Times, written by the late Congressman with the request that it be published on the day of his funeral. It is a wonderful read. I wanted to be sure that everyone went and read it. Use one of...
In a meeting with a group of children and their parents, held more than nine years ago, a little girl asked Congressman John Lewis what he remembered about protesters' first attempt [Bloody Sunday] to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Alabama. After describing his harrowing experience to the ten-year-old,...
in a new ad titled “Wake up” I choose to remember the iconic photo of him at what is still unfortunately named the Edmund Pettus Bridge I like very much that they share part of his speech as a 23 year old at the March on August 28, 1963, where...
Tributes from everywhere are pouring in on the death of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights giant and the last of the speakers at the 1963 March on Washington. John Lewis: Former presidents join tributes to civil rights icon Even the White House acknowledged him: Rep. John Lewis was an...
According to the Trump Twitter archive, Trump hasn’t posted about Rep. John Lewis since January 2017, when he felt compelled to whine about Lewis’ decision to skip Trump’s inauguration. Since Lewis’ passing yesterday, Trump has yet to acknowledge him on his favorite media platform. Joe Biden, on the other hand, understands the...
I wrote a diary on my memorable encounter and conversation with Congressman John Lewis . I woke up around 2:00 AM this morning to see headlines of John Lewis’s passing. I was immediately saddened. I sleep with the television on sometimes and this was not what I wanted to...
From President Obama just now: x Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did:https://t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 18, 2020 John Lewis was a true American Hero. Rest In Power good sir.
“Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) died on Friday at the age of 80 after battling with pancreatic cancer, per multiple reports, including NBC News and Politico. Why it matters: Lewis, one of the organizers and speakers for the infamous 1963 March on Washington and led the 1965 Selma...
