In the rural Alabama county where he was born, civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered on Saturday as a humble man who sprang from his family’s farm with a vision that “good trouble” could change the world. The morning service in Pike county was held at Troy University, where Lewis…
The late Rep. John Lewis’ body will be carried across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday morning. The Georgia Democrat will make a final trip where he and other voting rights demonstrators led a march in 1965 and were met with physical violence from police officers in what would become known as…
The first of a six-day celebration of the late civil rights activist and Democratic congressman Rep. John Lewis began Saturday, with his body being first presented in his hometown of Troy and then journeying to Selma, Ala."Selma Salutes Congressman John Lewis" was expected to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Central Time. Following the service, held at…
A celebration of the life of Rep. John Lewis, a hero of the civil rights movement and longtime Georgia congressman, began Saturday in Troy, Alabama. The memorials will continue over six days in five cities.Congressman Lewis has "come home," Troy Mayor Jason Reeves said at the start of the service Saturday morning in the city…
The body of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights leader and Georgia politician, began its six-day journey in a celebration of life Saturday, with its first stops in Troy and Selma Alabama.Lewis, 80, died on July 17 after a six-month battle with cancer. This June 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in…
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…