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Members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., dressed in their signature blue blazers, stand proudly to support their brother, the late Rep. John Lewis, during final tributes in the District. (Roy Lewis/ The Washington Informer)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: True Sigma

by WI Guest Author August 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Stokely Carmichael, John Lewis Deserve Better

by Askia Muhammad August 5, 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

**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)

WILLIAMS: Times Three

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

Rep. John Lewis in a vintage photo taken in Selma, Alabama (Courtesy of John Lewis via Twitter)

Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

MALVEAUX: Embracing Youth Leadership

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

D Kevin McNeir, Lifestyle

Virtual Summit to Shed Light on Voting Rights Act of 1965

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor July 29, 2020December 21, 2021

Chief of Staff Michael Collins with Rep. John Lewis (Courtesy of Collins via Facebook)

EDITORIAL: Michael Collins, the Man Beside Rep. John Lewis

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

Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) (pictured) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) declined invitations to attend the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum dedication ceremony, when they learned that President Donald Trump was also invited. This photo was taken during a Congressional Black Caucus press conference on police brutality at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in 2016. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Good Trouble

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

Courtesy of President Trump via Instagram

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: White Hate Doomed to Failure

by Askia Muhammad July 29, 2020December 21, 2021