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Mar 9, 2024 · On March 7, 1965, Lewis played a pivotal role in one the most important events in the history of the American civil rights movement when he and King lieutenant Hosea Williams led some 600 peaceful demonstrators on a march in support of voting rights that departed from Selma, with the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, as its destination.
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Jul 18, 2020 · Lewis placed the right to vote at the center of his mission—a cause picked up by leaders such as Stacey Abrams, whose election-reform organization, Fair Fight, has advocated, lobbied, and...
Jul 20, 2020 · July 20, 2020. • 13 min read. Upon learning of the death of Nelson Mandela in 2013, John Lewis offered a moving tribute to South Africa’s first Black president. His written homage offered...
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Dec 5, 2023 · Updated 6:03 AM PDT, December 5, 2023. NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed.
Jul 21, 2020 · July 21, 2020 5:18 PM EDT. I n the wake of the recent passing of John Lewis, much of the coverage of the 80-year-old Congressman’s life has been centered on his work to advance the U.S. civil...
Apr 3, 2014 · Black History. John Lewis. One of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, John Lewis continued to fight for people's rights since joining Congress in 1987. Updated: Jan...
Jul 18, 2020 · A week later President Lyndon Johnson spoke before Congress to introduce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and declare, “We shall overcome.”. As the Brennan Center has documented in numerous studies, the Voting Rights Act was the most effective civil rights law in American history.
