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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Honored With New USPS Stamp
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn an announcement, USPS said the stamp featuring Lewis will demonstrate how the late lawmaker...
U.S. Postal Service honors civil rights hero John Lewis with new stamp
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United States Postal Service this week announced seven new stamp designs for 2023, one of which...
6 Reasons Why Rustin Has Become My Favorite Movie About The Civil Rights Movement
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 6 months agoColman Domingo in Rustin. Rustin is an upcoming Netflix movie about civil rights activist Bayard...
SPLC continues John Lewis' wreath laying tradition for first time since his death
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Southern Poverty Law Center resumed its annual wreath laying ceremony honoring the late U.S. Rep...
U.S. Postal Service announces stamp honoring late Rep. John Lewis
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoThe U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it would memorialize the late Rep. John Lewis with a new...
Civil rights activist Bettie Mae Fikes, 'the voice of Selma,' recalls turbulent '60s with a song in...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPAXTON — Bettie Mae Fikes, a founding member of the Freedom Singers during the U.S. civil rights...
John Lewis’ childhood home identified with historical marker
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoTROY, Ala. (AP) — There’s now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the...
Nashville civil rights veteran Diane Nash to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDiane Nash was pivotal force of civil rights movement in Nashville, helping organize sit-ins and...
Biography of the late Rep. John Lewis that draws upon 100s of interviews will be published next fall
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoAn upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along...
‘John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community’ honors a towering American
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhat an extraordinary life John Lewis lived. And how much he gave to us all. Anyone with a sense of American history knows the highlights. Lewis was born in 1940 as one of 10 children of Alabama ...