Barack Obama is set to honor a civil rights icon. The Hill reports the former president will speak at the late Congressman John Lewis’s funeral tomorrow in Atlanta. The longtime Georgia representative passed away earlier this month at the age of 80 after battling cancer. Obama had said after his death that Lewis was one […]
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Plus, civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis accepts National Book Award with emotional speech and three teens charged for hatchet attack on transgender woman in North Carolina.
@kwellscomm tlcnaptown.com News & Sports Breaking! A judge says Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson is not guilty of all charges in the death of Freddie Gray. Goodson was driving the police van in which Gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in April of 2015. Goodson could have faced 30 years in prison if convicted […]
Former Black Panther Sekou Odinga and Black Lives Matter activist Larry Fellows may come from different Black liberation movements, but both understand that to truly celebrate Black History Month, we must dig deeper.
GA Rep. John Lewis refutes Bernie Sanders claims that he was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. "I never saw him", said Lewis.
Lewis, who tweeted he was "grateful" for the honor, reportedly cried when he was informed of the idea months ago.
On the heels of Twitter hiring a white man as their new vice president of diversity and inclusion, Pinterest takes a more purposeful step in hiring Candice Morgan as their first ever Head of Diversity.
Representatives G.K. Butterfield and John Lewis want Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from an affirmative action case following his racist and disparaging comments.
America has lost a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement. Amelia Boynton Robinson died today in Alabama of a massive stroke.
Voting rights advocates are urging lawmakers to restore voting protections reduced in a 2013 Supreme Court decision.
President Barack Obama has always admired the Civil Rights Movement. The White House is adorned with artwork depicting the struggles of the 60s. He mentions it in…
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