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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· 7 months agoColman Domingo in Rustin. Rustin is an upcoming Netflix movie about civil rights activist Bayard...
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...
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...
Sexism almost sidelined Black women at 1963 March on Washington. How they fought back.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWASHINGTON − As the preliminary program for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom came...
Black leaders reflect on John Lewis, racial equality ahead of Biden’s Bloody Sunday speech
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs President Joe Biden prepares to travel to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of...
U.S. Postal Service announces stamp honoring late Rep. John Lewis
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it would memorialize the late Rep. John Lewis with a new...
New statue of John Lewis to stand in spot where Confederate memorial once stood in Decatur Square
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe DeKalb County Board of Commissioners has approved a plan to build a statue of the late Rep. John...
‘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 ...