[Jimmie Lee Jackson\James Reeb]
The book JIMMIE LEE & JAMES draws unnerving parallels between conditions that spurred the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the Black Lives Matter movement today.
Photo: Book Cover
Voting Rights Act
New Book Chronicles 1965 Murders of two Civil Rights Activists
President Obama: John Lewis was Warrior on “Battlefield of Justice”
[John Lewis]
President Obama: “When we do form a more perfect union, whether it’s years from now or decades or even if it takes another two centuries, John Lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America.”
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AFT Convention Delegates Endorse Joe Biden for President
[AFT’s National Convention\Joe Biden]
AFT’s Randi Weingarten: “Joe Biden is the deeply decent, experienced, caring and competent leader America needs to guide our nation through the three crises we face today—a global health pandemic, an economic crisis and a long-overdue reckoning with racism.”
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We Must Restore Voting Rights Act to Honor John Lewis
[John Lewis\Voting Rights Act]
Morial: “John Lewis paid for the Voting Rights Act with his own blood. The Supreme Court made a mockery of his sacrifice when it gutted the Act, saying the country had changed and states no longer needed federal oversight to protect Black voters…”
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NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
[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
John Lewis Made America a More Perfect Union
[Civil Rights Icon John Lewis]
Kristen Clarke: “He was fearless, tireless and a dedicated voice of conscience for Congress and the nation. The world has lost one of its most enduring voices on civil and human rights.”
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WHY HOLDING BIDEN HOSTAGE TO BLACK FEMALE VP PICK COULD BACKFIRE
[2020 Elections\Democratic VP Pick]
Alston: “I do agree that a Black woman would serve us well as Vice President, I’m not sure if the public challenge in this instance was the best move strategically…a Latinx, Native American or an Asian who shares our values might gain the traction we need.”
Photo: Annette M. Alston
