New York Daily News | Jul 27, 2020 at 6:37 PM Members of Congress put partisanship aside on Monday and joined together to honor the life and legacy of John Lewis, the late Georgia lawmaker and titan of the civil rights movement as he became the first Black man ever to lie in state at…
Moton watched that day, March 7, 1965, known as “Bloody Sunday,” as Alabama state troopers fired tear gas and bludgeoned marchers and John Lewis, knocking him unconscious.That day galvanized her into a lifetime of activism and compelled the septuagenarian to travel back from Rock Hill, South Carolina, to watch Lewis’ coffin cross the Edmund Pettus…
The body of the late John Lewis arrived in the Rotunda of the US Capitol, where he will lie in state as lawmakers pay tribute to the longtime Georgia lawmaker and leader of the civil rights movement.…
Politics|John Lewis Is the First Black Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol RotundaThe pandemic has dictated an unusual public mourning process for the civil rights icon. He will lie in state briefly under the Capitol dome and then move outside so the public can pay respects safely.VideoThe civil rights icon Representative John Lewis…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…