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A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis a
A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.
Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we wonât soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to âgood troubleâ continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and adviceâexclusively immortalized in these pagesâas a message to the generations to come.
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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama is getting withering criticism on social media after rescinding its decision to honor political activist and scholar Angela Davis. Davis is a Birmingham native who has spent decades fighting for civil rights. She was an active member of the Black Panther Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Communist Party USA. She’s also an.
The legislation will go to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey
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The bill, sponsored by Alabama state Rep. Prince Chestnut (D), recognizes Lewis’s leadership in the civil rights movement, including his role as one of the 13 original Freedom Riders who participated in protests against the segregation of public bus terminals.
The bill also recounts Lewis s service as “Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and his leadership of over 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma where he was brutally attacked by Alabama State Troopers on March 7, 1965, a day known as Bloody Sunday.”
Michael Starr Hopkins, founder of the John Lewis Bridge Project, commended the bill’s passing in a statement, saying the bill moved the state “one step closer to ensuring the legacy of John Lewis will live on for generations.”
Years of white rage over nonwhite attempts to vote have given Black progressives an incomparable view of right-wing extremism and the nation’s ability to.
By Ryan Shepard
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Bobby Rush has introduced a bill that would uncover decades of classified government records. Rush s proposal demands that the U.S. Government unveil records pertaining to COINTELPRO and the surveillance of the Black Panther Party.
“COINTELPRO was spying on American citizens. Anyone who took a political position against the status quo, anyone who wanted to make America better was subject to being penalized, investigated and in the case of my friend
Fred Hampton, assassinated by the official legal arm of the federal government, Rush stated.
Rush is not simply a lawmaker looking to hold the United States Government accountable for its past actions; he was a key member of the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the 1960s, Rush worked with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and helped co-found the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. In these roles, Rush was constantly surveilled by members of law enforcement.