Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma, Ala
Over 100,000 Sign Petition Urging Alabama To Rename…

Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on…
03.04.15
NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Honoring A King

Podcast: Download On “NewsOne Now” we’re celebrating Martin Luther King Day with our very best coverage of his life and…
06.19.19
Rep. John Lewis Gets ‘Happy’ [VIDEO]

Pharrell‘s infectious hit, “Happy,” from the soundtrack of the motion picture Despicable Me 2, has the whole world dancing around like…
03.21.14
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John Lewis, Eric Holder Deliver Messages Of Justice…

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBC) opened up its 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) in Washington this Wednesday with…
06.19.19
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Recapping The National Action Network’s ‘Realize The Dream’…

From the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial last Saturday, Rev. Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network “Realize The Dream” march aimed to…
06.19.19
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Rep. John Lewis: ‘I Shed Blood In Selma,…

In one of the most emotionally charged moments of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington Saturday, Rep. John…
06.19.19
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Rep. John Lewis Promotes New Civil Rights Graphic…

The 1965 March in Selma, Ala., also known as “Bloody Sunday,” has long been immortalized in lore via photos, articles,…
06.19.19
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John Lewis Details His Route To The March…

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, NewsOne is proud to present a series of video…
08.23.13
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Former KKK Member Who Apologized For Beating Rep.…

Former Ku Klux Klan member Elwin Wilson (pictured), who publicly apologized for his racial hatred, has passed away at age 76,…
06.19.19
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Montgomery Police Chief Apologizes To Freedom Rider Rep.…

The civil rights era Freedom Riders, who risked their lives and limbs by riding various forms of public transportation in…
06.19.19
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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Repeatedly Checks Racism In…

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia didn’t bother with subtlety while articulating his racial resentment during oral arguments on the Voting…
06.19.19
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John Lewis Delivers Stirring DNC Speech

Civil Rights icon John Lewis may not have gotten a primetime slot during this week’s Democratic National Convention. But his…
09.07.12
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Silenced! Civil Rights Icon Denied Chance To Speak…

Occupy Atlanta, a protest inspired by the Occupy Wall St. demonstrations in New York, made news this past weekend after…
06.19.19
Pres. Obama Awards Freedom Medal To John Lewis,…

WASHINGTON – The White House says former President George H.W. Bush, poet Maya Angelou (MEYE’-ah AN’-jeh-loo) and investor Warren Buffett…
06.19.19
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John Lewis Meets With White Man Who Attacked…
06.19.19
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Congress Honors Slaves Who Built The White House
06.19.19
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John Lewis Arrested For Protesting Genocide in Darfur
06.19.19
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Ex-KKK Member Apologizes To John Lewis
06.19.19
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Obama Stands Up for Lewis in Debate

Last night in the debate, McCain asked Obama to repudiate John Lewis’s comparison of McCain to Geroge Wallace. This is…
06.19.19
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Civil Rights Hero Says McCain “Sowing The Seeds…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone…
06.19.19
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