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CBS News' Michelle Miller reflects on Congressman John Lewis' life ahead of a series of memorials to the civil rights icon.
CBS News' Michelle Miller reflects on Congressman John Lewis' life ahead of a series of memorials to the civil rights icon.
This weekend, Representative John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, will be taken by a horse-drawn carriage one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Ala., the same bridge where his peaceful protest for voting rights in 1965 was met with a violence that has become seared in our nation’s collective memory. Later, his body will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
Lewis led the march across the bridge on March 7, 1965, a day that would become known as "Bloody Sunday."
The country is honoring the life of civil rights hero and Congressman John Lewis with a six-day memorial tour. That starts in Troy, Alabama, where he grew up, and in Selma, where he led the 1965 Voting Rights March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. "CBS This Morning: Saturday" co-host Michelle Miller and Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence of Michigan joined CBSN to relay what his legacy means and how his fight for voting rights will continue.
Congressman John Lewis was remembered by his family at a service in Alabama on Saturday. Watch his brother, Henry "Grant" Lewis, and sister Rosa Mae Tyner remember the civil rights icon -- with a special appearance by his nephew, who called Lewis his "hero."
The civil rights icon was also honored in his hometown of Troy, Alabama on Saturday.
Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis died last week at age of 80. Lewis was a leader of the freedom riders, and a protege of Martin Luther King Junior. He often faced arrest and violence during his fight against racial segregation. Lewis's body left Atlanta Saturday morning, and is now on its way to Alabama. Michelle Miller reports from Selma.
Congressman John Lewis, a leader of the Freedom Riders who would go on to be a prominent leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died last week at age 80. A week-long celebration of Lewis begins in Alabama.
"CBS This Morning" is remembering the lives of two civil rights leaders: C.T. Vivian, who was laid to rest in Atlanta on Thursday, and Rep. John Lewis, who will be laid to rest at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church there next week. Michelle Miller reports from Selma, Alabama, where Lewis famously was beaten by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during a 1965 march to Montgomery. His body will be carried across the bridge in a procession over the weekend as it makes its way to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state.
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The late civil rights icon will lie in state, and the public will have a chance to pay their respects.
The late Congressman John Lewis fought tirelessly for legislation to create the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. After almost 30 years of advocating for the museum, Lewis was there when it opened its doors. CBS News spoke to the head of Smithsonian about the congressman's legacy with the museum. Chip Reid reports from D.C. for the "CBS This Morning" series A More Perfect Union.
Congressman John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers who would go on to be a prominent leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ed O’Keefe remembers Lewis, and his place at the heart of Black America’s struggle for equality.
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Democrats in Georgia have chosen state senator Nikema Williams as their nominee for the House seat left vacant in the wake of Congressman John Lewis's death. Georgia NAACP President Rev. Major Woodall joined CBSN to discuss Lewis' legacy and the future of the Democratic Party.
In 1965, then 25-year-old John Lewis helped lead a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. It marked a turning point in the civil rights movement. CBS News reporter Bill Plante was there to bear witness. He was 27-years-old. Five decades later, Plante returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to mark the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Plante, who has since retired, looks back at his reporter's notebook to remember Lewis.
Friends, family and colleagues took time to remember Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis on Monday, from the halls of Congress to the streets of Atlanta. Michelle Miller reports.
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Members of the House of Representatives took a moment of silence in honor of the man known as "the conscience of Congress." It was part of an outpouring of tributes for John Lewis, who died over the weekend. Michelle Miller reports.
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As the world mourns the loss of civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, CBS News political contributor Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist, reflects on Lewis' legacy and what it means for the next generation's fight for peace and equality.
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