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Civil rights icon moved to tears by Alabama police chief’s apology
Rep. John Lewis (R-GA) was moved to tears on Saturday by an apology from a police chief in Montgomery, Alabama, who said his department utterly failed to protect civil rights marchers as they disembarked from a Grayhound bus into a segregated terminal in 1961. Lewis was one of 21 protesters…
Civil rights icon ‘pained’ to hear Supreme Court justice on ‘the verge of some racist feeling’
Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a civil rights icon, blasted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Wednesday night. He told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow he was “shocked” that Scalia said Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was renewed by Congress due to “a phenomenon that is called…
Civil Rights leader dances ‘Gangnam Style’
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a key figure in the U.S. Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, cut a rug “Gangnam Style” as part of a voter registration drive. In the video, produced by the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Lewis appears with members of the dance troupe Innonim in a…
Rep. John Lewis links election to civil rights struggle: ‘I don’t want to go back’
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) gave a forceful plea during his speech at the Democratic convention for voters to reelect President Obama, equating Republican-sponsored voter ID laws to Jim Crow-era voting restrictions and urging voters to, “march to the polls like never before.” “Brothers and sisters, do you want to…
Colbert to Rep. Lewis: ‘I don’t want to have to cross that bridge’
Stephen Colbert interviewed Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Monday evening to talk to the renowned congressman’s new book Across The Bridge about the racial and cultural divides he thinks society still has to close. As Lewis discussed his widely known story of being apart of the historic 1965 civil rights march…
Fishin’ With Babe Breitbart
Why aren’t these race-baiters taking Andrew Breitbart’s bait??? You see, a few weeks ago, some Teabaggers screamed some racial slurs at some black congressmen. One of them was John Lewis, who’s kind of a big deal, and the other two were black, which was relevant. Now, there were two ways…
Glenn Beck accuses John Lewis of thinking he’s John Lewis
One of the most annoying habits of conservative pundits is their tendency to take faux umbrage whenever it’s suggested that modern day liberals are the ones carrying the legacy of the civil rights movement when they do things like fight poverty (something Martin Luther King Jr. died trying to do)…
Video: Must-see speech of ally Congressman John Lewis at Equality Alabama gala
It was an amazing evening with many old and new friends at Equality Alabama‘s Gala Saturday night. The highlight was keynote speaker Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who is a native of Troy, Alabama. His played a legendary fearless role in the civil rights struggles of the 60s — and he…
Wise Black Man: Apologize!
John McCain’s campaign is demanding that civil rights leader John Lewis take back his statements regarding the, er, shall we say putschesque nature of recent McCain rallies. I really don’t see what issue there is with taking a racial minority, making them a catch-all scapegoat for all of society’s problems…
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