Rep. John Lewis
March 31, 2011 -
What happens when the country's largest Legislative Black Caucus comes face to face with nine thousand immigrants -- many of them declaring themselves as undocumented -- chanting aqui estamos, y no nos vamos! (we are here, and we're not leaving!)? Love. Or a mad crush, at least.
October 30, 2009 -
Environmental justice leaders representing more than a dozen polluted communities from six Southern states met with Environmental Protection Agency leaders this week and asked them to take action to better protect the health of low-income communities and communities of color.
August 18, 2009 -
Davis has been on death row since 1991 for the 1989 murder of off-duty white Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail. Despite his 18 years on death row, Davis maintains his innocence, and legal experts and human rights advocates say there is enough evidence to back up his claim.
November 5, 2008 -
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a noted civil rights leader and one of the founders of the Institute for Southern Studies, speaking to NBC News last night about Barack Obama's historic election as the first African-American president of the United States of America:
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.
June 30, 2006 -
If the Republican Party still has hopes of reaching African American voters, the antics of GOP Republicans to slow down renewal of the Voting Rights Act can't help. As Reuters reports, renewal is likely dead for now:
