Even before his skull was fractured by an Alabama state trooper during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, John Lewis had, ...
These included sit-ins and protests to desegregate Nashville’s lunch counters, movie theaters, and hotels; the 1961 Freedom Rides to desegregate Southern bus stations, during which Lewis was ...
John Lewis attended a workshop on nonviolence and soon joined other students in conducting sit-ins. One of the original Freedom Riders in 1961, he helped create the Student Nonviolent Coordinating ...
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A veteran of the Nashville sit-ins, Lafayette had already staged a successful impromptu Freedom Ride with his close friend and fellow student activist John Lewis in 1959, while traveling home for ...
Black women have long played a key role in protecting voting rights and urging their communities to cast ballots. This three-part series highlights their work as they build political power and demand ...
About the book: “John Lewis: A Life” by David Greenberg offers ... his voice through the principles of nonviolence and sit-ins to becoming a leader of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s ...
She worked in hostile territories like Alabama and Mississippi, as well as in Cambridge, Maryland, where residents conducted sit-ins to protest ... civil rights icon John Lewis.
Though Black men had been granted the right to vote with the 15th Amendment in 1870, and Black women with the passage of the ...
The Ravens brought Dean Pees back as an adviser to help young defensive coordinator Zach Orr. Here’s a suggestion: At this point, coach John Harbaugh should invite some of the previous defensive ...
The artist Justin Vernon discusses his new EP, “SABLE,” the dream of a happy adulthood, and his worry that he’s purposely repeating a “cycle of sorrow.” ...