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July 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Republican sponsor of the Voting Rights Act updates said Wednesday that Congress must pass a…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
June 25, 2013
VIDEO - Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader for the last five decades, sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s decision…
March 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The location is one of 13 new sites to receive federal recognition, including the home of Uncle…
March 3, 2013
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts…
March 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. John Lewis will once again be in the lead March 3, in the annual commemoration of…
February 27, 2013
POLITICS NATION - Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the civil-rights movement, said he was appalled to hear Justice Antonin…
January 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The House of Representatives cast its votes for speaker on Thursday, and while John Boehner won his…
December 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - NBC News has confirmed that Mrs. Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of U.S. Representative John Lewis, died on…
June 29, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of…
May 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A group of Democrats are pushing a bill they say would make it easier for Americans to…
March 7, 2012
theGRIO REPOT - With the passing of New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, America has lost a piece of black political…
December 21, 2011
VIDEO - Georgia Representative and civil rights icon, John Lewis went to the floor of the House Tuesday to admonish…
October 24, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis called the preacher 'one of the founding fathers of the New America,' who…
October 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - U.S. Congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis (D-Ga.) may have had something profound to say at…
September 15, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The speech adds to the list of appearances before black and Hispanic groups by the president...
August 31, 2011
OPINION - The racist humor expressed on the Rush Limbaugh show is done at the expense of black people, to…
August 24, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - With Lewis leaning on his shovel, and Jackson and Young leaning on each other, they wept for…
May 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis said he teared up Friday when he walked through the old Greyhound station…
May 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - This month, students will retrace the Freedom Rides. Also, PBS will premiere a new documentary on the…