LISTEN BY ANGELA VANG & EMMA BOWMAN This weekend marks 56 years since civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day now known as “Bloody Sunday.”… Continue Reading For The First Time In 56 Years, Read More
Produced by a diverse group of filmmakers assembled by 1504, a studio based in Birmingham, Ala., For The Sake Of Old Times pairs the performance of "Auld Lang Syne" with archival footage from 2020, particularly of the summer's racial justice protests. Read More
The longtime congressman and civil rights legend is being memorialized at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton spoke. Continue Reading John Lewis, Towering Civil Rights Icon, Read More
In 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest racial discrimination in voting. Today, his body crossed that bridge one last time. Continue Reading In Selma, A Read More
Lewis began his nearly 60-year career in public service leading sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in the Jim Crow-era South. He went on to serve in Congress for more than three decades. Continue Reading Rep. John Lewis, A Force In The Civil Read More
"The president must be held accountable," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. "No one is above the law." Continue Reading Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal U.S. House Impeachment Inquiry Into President TrumpRead More