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Statue of Virginia Teenager to Replace Robert E. Lee in Statuary Hall
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports the statue of a 16-year-old girl who led a walkout in 1951 to protest students’ substandard segregated school facilities will replace Robert E. Lee in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
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Virginia Panel Wants Barbara Johns Statue to Replace Lee in US Capitol
A state panel has recommended that a statue of civil rights hero Barbara Johns should represent Virginia at the U.S. Capitol
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Bruce Boynton, Who Inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, Dies at 83
Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer who inspired the “Freedom Rides,” has died at the age of 83
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Major Settlement in Civil Rights Case in Virginia
The case involved a local group home accused of failing to provide a deaf resident with a sign language interpreter. News4’s Cory Smith explains how the Department of Justice is now working to protect people with disabilities.
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Louisiana State Trooper Who Faced Firing in Black Man's Death Dies in Crash
A Louisiana state trooper has died following a single-vehicle crash hours after learning he would be fired for his role in the in-custody death of a Black man last year.
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Senators Seek Highest Civilian Honor for Till and His Mother
A Republican and a Democratic senator say Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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Civil Rights Advocates Worry Message for Racial Justice Will Be Lost in Violence
Some civil rights advocates are becoming worried the growing violence in some cities is undermining what could be a critical moment in the fight for racial equality. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Parents' Civil Rights Work Inspired DC Man Raised in the Movement
The Commitment March stands on the shoulders of iconic civil rights marches throughout American history — namely the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech, both of which had a tremendous impact on American life. As civil rights leaders were making history, one little boy in D.C. was being inspired. Eddie Hailes...
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DNC's Tribute to John Lewis
Watch the tribute to John Lewis at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Footage provided is a mixed feed and is a joint effort by the pool and the DNCC.
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‘For the Future Benefit of My Whole Race': How Black Women Fought for the Vote Before and After 19th Amendment
Ida B. Wells was in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1913 with thousands of other women for a parade spearheaded by one of the country’s leading suffragists, Alice Paul. Wells was representing the Alpha Suffrage Club, the first Black suffrage club in Chicago that she founded two months before. At the rehearsal, she learned that the white organizers...
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Obama Eulogizes John Lewis: ‘He Knew That the March Is Not Over'
Former President Barack Obama eulogized Rep. John Lewis Thursday, remembering the work the civil rights icon completed and warning that there is much more work to be done.
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12-Year-Old Honors Rep. John Lewis With His Favorite Poem
Tybre Faw, a 12-year-old boy who Rep. John Lewis befriended two years ago, read the late congressman’s favorite poem at his memorial.
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John Lewis in Posthumous Essay: ‘Your Turn to Let Freedom Ring'
John Lewis spent his whole life fighting for civil rights — and he wanted to make sure the cause lived on after his death.
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Pelosi: John Lewis Was All About Truth
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses Rep, John Lewis and his passion for truth.
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George W. Bush: ‘We Live in a Better and Nobler Country Today Because of John Lewis'
Former President George W. Bush paid tribute to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis in a speech at his funeral.
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Civil Rights Icon Lewis Lauded as Hero at Georgia Capitol
John Lewis is lying in repose at the Georgia Capitol in the Atlanta district he represented for more than three decades in Congress
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Rep. John Lewis Fights for LGBTQ Adoption Rights
Rep. John Lewis has been fighting for equality in America for much of his life. He’s one of the last remaining leaders of America’s Civil Rights movement. Now at 79 years old, the veteran congressman from Georgia is taking up the fight for equality again. News4’s Barbara Harrison reports on his latest plan.
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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Remembered in His Hometown
Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis is being remembered in ceremonies in the rural Alabama county where his story began
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Black Bunting Installed Outside John Lewis' Congressional Office
Black bunting was installed outside late U.S. Rep. John Lewis’ congressional office. Lewis, a civil rights icon who worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died at age 80 on July 17.
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DC Pastor Reflects on Life of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
Rep. John Lewis was willing to give his life for racial justice. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke with a D.C. pastor who became friends with the late congressman nearly three decades ago.