Rep. John Lewis’s weekend memorial events were livestreamed within this story. The civil rights icon’s celebration of life will continue for the next four days. SELMA, Ala. (WIAT) — The family of the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, has been unveiled in Alabama’s capital city. The likeness, called Steadfast Stride Toward Justice, sits in the Equal ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act becoming law. But before that was Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Channel 2′s Fred Blankenship returned to Selma to relive that dark ...

Steadfast Stride Toward Justice by artist Basil Watson is the first life-sized depiction of John Lewis in his home state. Equal Justice Initiative A bronze statue of John Lewis, the celebrated civil ...

TROY, Ala. – A memorial service was held for civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis in his hometown in Alabama on Saturday. Lewis died at 80 years old on Friday, July 17, after a battle with stage ...

MOBILE, Alabama — For the recently deceased U.S. Rep. John Lewis to lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, a plan announced late this week, is for poetic justice to be served. And served ...

Barack Obama’s ability to inspire with his oratory skills was a hallmark of his political career. But one speech above all — one he delivered in Alabama in the last year of his presidency — is ...

Correspondent photo / Sean Barron More than 300 people peacefully marched through downtown Youngstown during a vigil Thursday to commemorate the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John ...

© 2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, has been ...