Rep. John Lewis rose from poverty to become a leader of the civil rights movement before being elected to Congress
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Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and “American hero”
Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died.
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CDC employees demand the agency confront racism, calling it a ‘public health crisis’
In a letter to CDC Director Robert Redfield, more than 1,200 employees called for ‘7 Acts of Change,’ beginning with declaring ‘racism a public health crisis in the United States.’
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Missouri governor says Trump ‘getting involved’ in case of couple who pointed guns at protesters
The governor said the president and Attorney General William Barr ‘are going to take a look’ at the case in St. Louis.
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Breonna Taylor protesters sat on the Kentucky attorney general’s lawn. Police charged 87 with felonies.
Three police officers who fatally shot Taylor, 26, inside her home while she was asleep, have not been criminally charged in her death.
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Hundreds protest in Pennsylvania after officer uses knee to restrain man
Activists against police brutality express outrage and demanding accountability after video emerged over the weekend of an officer putting his knee on a man’s head and neck area outside a hospital.
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Washington NFL team dropping racist name after 87 years
The team said owner Dan Snyder and coach Ron Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design.
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New exhibition, old sites tell Maine’s Black history
The Portland Freedom Trail and Malaga Island preserve and memorial bring to life stories told in ‘State of Mind’ exhibition at the Maine Historical Society.
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Teenagers lead the way in Black Lives Matter movement
Nationally and in Maine, young people of color are leading protests and asking their local leaders to address systemic racism.