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John Lewis, US civil rights hero and Democratic congressman, dies at 80
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Lewis helped Martin Luther King organise the March on Washington in 1963 and once suffered a broken skull at the hands of state troopers More
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Jailed. Beaten. Yet 1960s activist Fannie Lou Hamer stood up to white supremacy – comic
Jailed. Beaten. Yet 1960s activist Fannie Lou Hamer stood up to white supremacy – comic As people across the US protest, many are looking back at civil rights activists like Hamer, who resisted brutal violence and imprisonment for years, for inspiration As hundreds of thousands of people continue to protest against police brutality against black […] More
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Barack Obama pays tribute to Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader dead at 98
Reverend helped start the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights leader the Rev Joseph E Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta in 2013. Photograph: David Goldman/AP Barack Obama has paid tribute to the civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, calling the charismatic preacher “a giant who changed the face […] More
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People turn backs on Mike Bloomberg at Bloody Sunday church service in Selma
Protesters said stop-and-frisk policies in New York City were the same as the brutal tactics used by the police 55 years ago Mike Bloomberg faced a small but tense protest at the historic Brown Chapel in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, a handful of people standing and turning their backs on the former New York mayor […] More
