John Lewis

August 16, 2013 - North Carolina's Moral Monday movement will hold rallies in the state's 13 congressional districts on Aug. 28 -- the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.

June 7, 2013 - North Carolina leaders are dismissing demonstrations that have brought thousands to Raleigh and resulted in more than 300 arrests for peaceful civil disobedience. But the concerns that are fueling the Moral Monday movement won't go away anytime soon.

May 31, 2013 - Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled a plan this week to automatically restore voting rights to nonviolent felons in a state where one in five African-American adults is disenfranchised due to an unusually harsh law. Civil rights advocates praised the move, but some say the governor should go further.

February 21, 2013 - U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia tore down many barriers in his rise from sharecroppers' son to civil rights activist to Medal of Freedom recipient. And he's about to break another as the first sitting member of Congress to author a graphic novel telling his inspiring life story.

September 19, 2011 - By Kung Li Today, Monday September 19, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles meets to decide whether Troy Davis will live or die.

October 15, 2008 - Last month, Facing South reported on the case of Troy Davis, the 39-year-old African-American man from Georgia, who was scheduled to be executed in September despite widespread concern Davis is an innocent man.

October 14, 2008 - Rep. John Lewis (D) of Georgia stepped into the controversy over states' use of Social Security Administration voter registration checks yesterday, calling improper use of the checks "harassment" that could disenfranchise voters.