TThe death of John Lewis, the Alabama-born civil rights activist Freedom Rider and student leader-turned-Georgia congressman, represents a generational transition in America’s long struggle for black freedom, dignity and citizenship. A disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who experienced brutal and repeated acts of violence by racist white police …
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Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March in Washington and served in Congress for decades, died, his family confirmed in a statement. Lewis was 80 years old. “It is with inconsolable pain and abiding sadness that we announce the passing of US Representative John …
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Former presidents, members of Congress and numerous celebrities expressed their condolences and respect for Georgia representative John Lewis, a monumental figure in the nation’s civil rights movement who passed away on Friday. Barack Obama praised Lewis, 80, for the physical and emotional sacrifices he made for the United States as …
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Former president Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaTrump defends golf outings: this is my ‘exercise’ How Trump can get his mojo back Trump confirms the 2018 US cyber attack on the Russian troll farm MORE He said Monday that voting by mail should not be a partisan issue and that every voter …
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