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Civil rights pioneer John Lewis continues to tell important stories
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCivil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis knows how to excite a crowd. When he walked into the...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
Wall Street Journal issues correction on article from 1963 quoting John Lewis
The Hill via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Wall Street Journal issued a lengthy correction Tuesday of an article that ran in 1963 and...
Hundreds rally against changing part of Nashville's John Lewis Way to Donald Trump Boulevard
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRoughly 200-300 people attended a rally Saturday to protest a state bill that proposes to rename a...
7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Reads
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 5 months ago7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day ReadsMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Each January, schools and offices close so that we may honor Martin...
Republicans Push To Rename Part Of John Lewis Way In Nashville To 'Honor' Trump
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo Tennessee Democrats blasted the bill that could christen a stretch of the street named for the...
10 Movies to Watch to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. This MLK Day
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis list of movies about Martin Luther King, Jr. includes documentaries, civil rights movies and...
'Sacred ground': Joe Biden marks 58th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe black-and-white images that flickered across television sets from that Bloody Sunday in Selma...
The Wall Street Journal Issues Correction for Article Published in 1963
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe original piece misquoted John Lewis’ speech at the March on Washington The post The Wall Street...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJuneteenth falls on Wednesday, June 19. A portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” the...