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Tag: john lewis

Posted inOpinion

BARACK OBAMA: We Need to Follow John Lewis’ Example and Fight for Our Democracy

by Barack Obama January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

When I spoke at John Lewis’ memorial service two years ago, I emphasized a truth John knew better than just about anyone. Our democracy isn’t a given.

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inPolitics

Senate GOP Again Shoots Down John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown November 3, 2021December 21, 2021
From left: Department of General Services Director Keith Anderson, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, West Education Campus student Henry Levenstein, D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, ANC Commissioner Maria Barry (SMD 4C02), D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4), West Education Campus Principal Lakeysha Jackson and late Rep. John Lewis’s chief of staff Michael Collins cut the ribbon for the newly constructed school. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer) 
Posted inEducation

New Elementary School to be Named in Honor of Rep. John Lewis

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEducation

Institute Launches Scholars, Fellows Program Named for John Lewis

by WI Guest Author September 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Rep. John Lewis in a vintage photo taken in Selma, Alabama (Courtesy of John Lewis via Twitter)
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: March for Free and Fair Access to the Ballot

by WI Guest Author August 25, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: John Lewis May Be Smiling but Should We? 

by WI Guest Author August 25, 2021December 21, 2021
Cori Bush
Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Making Good Trouble

by WI Guest Author August 18, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLocal

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Proposal to Rename School

by WI Webstaff July 28, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Still Riding

by WI Guest Author July 14, 2021December 21, 2021
**FILE** Rep. John Lewis with former Vice President Joe Biden at a Black History event during the Obama administration. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPolitics

Biden Pushes for John Lewis Voting Rights Act

Stacey Brown photo by Stacy M. Brown March 17, 2021December 21, 2021

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