By Karen Stokes U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Advancement Act, legislation to stop state voter suppression efforts, safeguard critical voting rights protections, and restore and enhance the Voting Rights Act. “We are just reintroducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act this week. This is named […]
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John Lewis May Be Gone But, His Legacy Remains
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When we die, we hope that we’ll be remembered but there are certain people in this world who will never be forgotten, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis was one of them. Lewis passed away last week Friday, July 17. He was 80 years old and had fought a six-month battle with cancer. […]
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DNC on the Passing of Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
DNC Chair Tom Perez and DNC Black Caucus Chair Virgie M. Rollins released the following statement after the passing of U.S. Congressman and legendary civil rights leader John Lewis: John Lewis is everything we aspire to be as people, as leaders, and as a party. He taught us how to dream, how to work, how […]
CBC Members Call Trump Presence at Museum Opening an Insult
John Lewis and Bennie Thompson Spar with President Trump Over Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Dedication By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) When two members of the Congressional Black Caucus, longtime Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), heard that President Donald Trump planned to attend the Mississippi Civil […]
Don’t Disrespect Our President, Black Lawmakers Tell Netanyahu
February 20, 2015 Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., sits behind President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony for the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas S. Foley at the Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The audience for Israeli Prime Minister […]