Congressional leaders have unveiled a new stamp that commemorates former Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who died in 2020 after serving more than three decades in Congress.Â
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President Joe Biden is using the searing memories of 1965's “Bloody Sundayâ€� in Selma, Alabama, to recommit to securing voting rights.Â
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From the infamous Alabama bridge, to the U.S. Capitol and closing at a historic Atlanta church, see scenes from the nation's week-long farewel…
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John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis' example and fight injustice.
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy for civil rights icon John Lewis on Thursday when the late congressman is honored at a memorial service before his body is laid to rest in Atlanta, according to sources familiar with the former presidents' plans.
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In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation in a Capitol…
John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial s…
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John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, has died. He was 80.
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