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16Jan/17

Lewis: “Never, ever hate”

January 16, 2017US ElectionsActivism, Alveda King, American people of German descent, American writers, Atlanta, Climate change skepticism and denial, Community organizing, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Human Interest, John Lewis, Jr, King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, Miami, Politics, president, Racial views of Donald Trump, Selma, Selma to Montgomery marches, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, United States, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

In his first public comments since getting into a war of words with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, civil rights icon John Lewis honors the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by telling a crowd of young men at a breakfast in Miami to, “never, ever hate.” Continue reading →

16Jan/17

President-elect Trump meets Martin Luther King III

January 16, 2017US ElectionsComputing, Donald Trump, Donald Trump on social media, Hillary Clinton, John Lewis, King, Lewis King, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King III, Microblogging, New York, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics, Racial views of Donald Trump, Real-time web, Right-wing populism in the United States, Russia, social media, Software, Text messaging, Trump: The Art of the Deal, Twitter, United Statessmbale

King III says “in the heat of emotion a lot of things get said,” as he gets questioned by journalists about Trump’s tweets attacking Lewis.

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15Jan/17

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

January 15, 2017Politics20th century in the United States, A. Philip Randolph, AFL–CIO, African-American Civil Rights Movement, Ahmann, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, City: Washington, City: Washington DC, Civil rights movement, Cleveland Robinson, Floyd McKissick, History of civil rights in the United States, Joachim Prinz, John Lewis, Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Joseph Rauh, Joseph Rauh Jr, Jr, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr., Mathew Ahmann, Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Politics, Religion/Belief, United States, Washington D.C., Washington, DCsmbale

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Leaders of the march (from left to right) Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice; (seated with glasses) Cleveland Robinson, Chairman of the Demonstration Committee; (standing behind the two chairs) Rabbi Joachim Prinz, President of the American Jewish Congress; (beside Robinson is) A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the demonstration, veteran labor leader who helped to found the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American Federation of Labor (AFL), and a former vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); (wearing a bow tie and standing beside Prinz is) Joseph Rauh, Jr, a Washington, DC attorney and civil rights, peace, and union activist; John Lewis, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Floyd McKissick, National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality.]

15Jan/17

Trump attacks civil rights leader who questioned his election win

January 15, 2017US ElectionsAmerican people of German descent, Ben Sasse, Bill Kristol, Business, Climate change skepticism and denial, Decades, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, International reactions to the United States presidential election, Jeff Sessions, John Lewis, Lacy Clay, Mark Takano, Martin Luther King Jr., Mike Pence, Politics, Politics of the United States, president, Racial views of Donald Trump, Raul Grijalva, Right-wing populism in the United States, Selma, Stop Trump movement, The Apprentice, Trump, United States, Vladimir Putin, Washington D.C., WWE Hall of Famesmbale

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attacks civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis on twitter.

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16Aug/15

U.S. civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond dies aged 75

August 16, 2015WorldAfrican-American Civil Rights Movement, Austin, Bond, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Civil rights movement, Counterculture of the 1960s, E. H. Hurst, Georgia, Grace Towns Hamilton, John Lewis, Julian Bond, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Selma to Montgomery marches, Social movements, southern poverty, Southern Poverty Law Center, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, United Statessmbale

U.S. civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two decades, died on Saturday (April 16) aged 75

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08Mar/15

On Selma anniversary, Obama says racial progress made but more needed

March 8, 2015PoliticsActivism, Activists, Alabama, America, Barack Obama, civil rights leader, Civil rights movement, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Ferguson, Geography of Alabama, George W. Bush, Jim Clark, John Lewis, Laura, Liberalism in the United States, Malia, Marianne Robinson, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle, Michelle Obama, Politics, president, Sasha, Selma, Selma Alabama, Selma to Montgomery marches, Social Issues, United States, Voting Rights Actsmbale

U.S. President Barack Obama observes the 50th anniversary of the civil rights confrontation in March 1965 in which police in Selma, Alabama beat protesters marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to demand voting rights for African Americans.
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