Civil Rights Movement Archives - Page 7 of 26 - The Washington Informer

Late Civil Rights Icon John Lewis’ Birthday Marked by Renewed Calls for Action on Voting Rights

by WI Guest Author February 22, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience, National

Rev. Walter Fauntroy’s Key Role in 1963 March on Washington Detailed by His Son

by Shevry Lassiter August 26, 2020December 21, 2021

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on July 30.

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

Obama Eulogizes Rep. John Lewis as a ‘Founding Father’ of ‘Better America’

by WI Guest Author July 30, 2020December 21, 2021

Several thousand people stand in lines extending several blocks to say final farewells to Rep. John Lewis, who lay in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol on July 27 and 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, D Kevin McNeir, Hamil R. Harris, Politics

Nation Pays Respects to Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

by WI Guest Author July 29, 2020December 21, 2021

Why Do We Need to Be Convinced?

by Shevry Lassiter July 23, 2020December 21, 2021

Black Experience, National

House Speaker, Bernie Sanders, Celebrities, Others Remember Rep. John Lewis

by WI Webstaff July 20, 2020December 21, 2021

John Lewis

Black Experience, Black History, National

Congressman John Lewis, Last Surviving Speaker from 1963 March on Washington, dies at 80

by WI Webstaff July 18, 2020December 21, 2021

**FILE** President Barack Obama delivers awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cordy Tindell "C.T.” Vivian during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 20, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

Black History, Obituary

Rev. C.T. Vivian, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 95

by WI Guest Author July 17, 2020December 21, 2021

New generations of young people take to the streets of America in continued struggle for racial justice. (Roy Lewis/Trice Edney News Wire)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: A New Generation of Protest Holds Great Promise for America

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. July 15, 2020December 21, 2021

Dorothy Height (Adrian Wood via Wikimedia Commons)

HERMAN: Remembering Dr. Dorothy Irene Height

by WI Guest Author April 22, 2020December 21, 2021