Rep. John Lewis's casket was taken across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Sunday. RELATED: Lewis was beaten and tear–gassed as he and […]
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Rep. John Lewis honored by fellow civil rights activists in Selma service
Fellow civil rights activists and community leaders shared stories about Rep. John Lewis in an emotional memorial service at historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in […]
Continue readingRep. John Lewis remembered at historic Selma church | USA TODAY
Rep. John Lewis will be honored in a private memorial service at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. RELATED: Following the ceremony, the public […]
Continue readingRep. John Lewis’ Casket Travels Across The Historic Edmund Pettus Bridge One Last Time | MSNBC
Crowds honor the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis as his casket travels over the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after […]
Continue readingAlabama honors Rep. John Lewis (LIVE) | USA TODAY
Rep. John Lewis will be remembered at several ceremonies across his home state of Alabama this weekend. A memorial service for "The Boy from Troy" […]
Continue readingDescendant Of Edmund Pettus: Rename The Bridge And Then ‘We Get To Work’ | The Last Word | MSNBC
Caroline Randall Williams, great-great-granddaughter of Edmund Pettus, says renaming the bridge in Selma, Ala. for John Lewis would be a way to “put that bridge […]
Continue readingTask force report says 18 states should roll back reopening
An unpublished document prepared for the White House coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, recommends that 18 […]
Continue readingCorporations Fill Leadership Void On Mask Policy | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Ali Velshi notes that absent federal leadership on a mask policy to help slow the spread of coronavirus, many national chains have implemented their own […]
Continue readingCity Halves Its Coronavirus Case Rate After Month Of Mask Policy | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Mayor Steven Reed of Montgomery, Alabama, describes how his executive order for a mask requirement and other mitigation measures constrained the spread of coronavirus in […]
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