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[…] of its most fearless leaders, and the Congressional Black Caucus has lost our longest-serving member. The Congressional Black Caucus is known as the Conscience of the Congress. John Lewis was known as the conscience of our caucus. A fighter for justice until the end, Mr. Lewis recently visited Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC. […]

John Lewis *The US Navy has accepted delivery of the first John Lewis-class fleet oiler that will be operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Per Navel Technology, “It will be used for delivering jet fuel for aircraft, diesel fuel, lubricating oil, small quantities of fresh and frozen provisions and potable water to US […]

[…] Joke” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) Track from: By The Way, I Forgive You • “The Middle” Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha & Anton Zaslavski, songwriters (Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey) • “Shallow” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & […]

[…] Virage Capital Management. Don Lewis, a double Harvard graduate, was a partner at the firm.  He says he blew the whistle on financial misconduct and firm founder John Mark Pierce, who along with Lewis’s former partners, Putney Twombly (Michael D. Yim) and Littler Mendelson (S. Jeanine Conley) weaponized #Me Too in a concerted attack […]

John Lewis *Oprah Winfrey will honor Rep. John Lewis with a primetime CBS special set to air on Tuesday (Aug. 4). Winfrey will host the event, dubbed “John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero,” with Tyler Perry, Gayle King and Brad Pitt. The special will air on CBS at 10 p.m. ET on Aug. 4, and […]

[…] Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Getty *(Via Wave Newspapers) – A local activist wants the city of Los Angeles to take immediate steps to honor civil rights icon John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, founder and president of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, is calling on civic […]

[…] The former partner says he was railroaded by a “racially charged sham investigation” and “unethical deceit.” Lewis says Pierce Bainbridge is “run by a liar,” Managing Partner, John Mark Pierce, who targeted Lewis as part of wide-ranging conspiratorial cover-up. Lewis says Pierce has “infected the firm.” And it looks like he’s right. In the […]

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*We’ve got news regarding the funeral of John Lewis. It’s scheduled to be held this coming Thursday (07-30-20) in Atlanta at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Thursday’s going home service will culminate a nearly weeklong “celebration of life” that will include stops in Troy, Selma and Montgomery, Ala., and Washington, DC that begin tomorrow (07-25-20). […]

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Not that anybody is surprised, but President Donald Trump says he will not visit the body of John Lewis, who is lying in state in the Dome of the Capitol. “I won’t be going. No,” President Trump told reporters at the White House before he left for North Carolina. It’s not that Trump is hating […]

Photo Credit — Left to Right: Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan); Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas); John R. Lewis holding the Award of Courage by the CBCF; Sabrina Owens, niece of Aretha Franklin; and Vaughn Franklin, nephew of Aretha Franklin. Photo Courtesy of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation *During the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) […]

*Rep. John Lewis was “forceful vision of freedom,” said former President Barack Obama in the eulogy he gave at the Democratic congressman and civil rights activist’s funeral on Thursday. The funeral was held in Atlanta, Georgia at Ebenezer Baptist Church, a historical African American sanctuary that dates back 134 years and where the Rev. Martin […]

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*Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown has taken aim at one of the most notable civil rights crusaders: Rep. John Lewis. Brown has taken offense at the behavior Lewis has demonstrated toward President-elect Donald Trump. Lewis, D-Ga., said in an interview last week that he did not view Trump as a “legitimate president” because […]