[John Lewis\NAACP\LDF]
Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John Lewis.”
Lisa Cylar Barrett: “The passing of Representative Lewis leaves a void in our country and in our halls of government.”
Photo: Twitter
Civil Rights Movement
NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
[Congressman John Lewis]
CBC: “As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest speaker to address the hundreds of thousands marching for jobs and freedom that day.”
Photo: YouTube
Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
[Congressman John Lewis]
CBC: “As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest speaker to address the hundreds of thousands marching for jobs and freedom that day.”
Photo: YouTube
Caribbean Congress of Labour: We Stand with Black America and BLM
[Caribbean Congress of Labour]
“The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) extends its solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters fighting for Justice and fighting against racism in the United States of America (USA). We also extend our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.”
Photo: Facebook
NY-16 Congressional Challenger Bowman: Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
[Jamaal Bowman\NY-16\Juneteenth]
Bowman: “Making Juneteenth a national holiday would be just one step, albeit a significant one, in a larger effort to root out the racism that’s been part of this country since the very beginning.’
Photo: YouTube
George Floyd Murder Aftermath: From Righteous Rage to Police Reform?
[George Floyd\Police Reform]
Nagler: “If we seize it in the correct spirit it will be an opportunity not only to reopen and significantly advance the conversation around race in America but to bring us through this time of crisis.”
Photo: YouTube
DOCUMENTARY “BLACK AND WHITE” TO TELL STORY ABOUT 1972 USC TROJAN FOOTBALL TEAM
[Jamal Trulove’s Documentary]
The feature documentary revisits the cultural landscape of the late 1960s and ’70s and the fracturing that existed amidst the continuing Civil Rights movement in a racially, philosophically and politically divided country.
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