Racist vandals deface mural at Washington University
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington University officials said a mural on campus that depicts prominent Black people was vandalized over…
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Revamped voting rights bill planned, named for the late John Lewis
WASHINGTON — House Democrats plan to present next week a new version of legislation named after the late Georgia civil…
Biden works to boost Black turnout in campaign’s final days
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Biden is spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote…
Lincoln Memorial rally marks 1963 protest, 2020 need for change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin,…
March on Washington reworked to comply with virus rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the…
Barack Obama’s address at John Lewis’ funeral
ATLANTA (AP) — A transcript of former President Barack Obama’s address to those present at the funeral service for John…
At Lewis’ funeral, Obama calls for renewing Voting Rights Act
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that…
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in his hometown
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural…
How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis
Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be…
John Lewis, civil rights icon and Congressman, dies at 80
ATLANTA (AP) — Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state…