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Broun introduces anti-VRA amendment. Lewis says not so fast, seeks to empower...
Representative Broun isn’t alone in his attacks on voting rights, and Representative Lewis’s work isn’t over.Teaser Image: Representative Broun isn’t alone in his attacks on voting rights, and...
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Representative John Lewis: "There's other bridges to walk across"
The Supreme Court's ruling in Shelby is a setback, or as Representative Lewis put it to ABC's Jeff Zeleny earlier today: "What the Supreme Court did was to put a dagger in the very heart of the Voting...
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Congress Begins Work on New Voting Rights Act Legislation
The House and Senate held hearings last week to discuss a replacement for the federal preclearance formula of the Voting Rights Act. Without a coverage formula, the Justice Department will no longer be...
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50 Years Later, John Lewis Returns to Podium as Sole Surviving March Speaker
Recently The New York Times reminded us that Representative John Lewis is still marching on Washington, 50 years later.On August 28, 1963, as the 23-year-old chairman of the Student Nonviolent...
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Marching On Washington, Again
This weekend People For the American Way Foundation turned out en masse for the 50th Anniversary March on Washington.Some could remember the original march well. Some had driven across the country to...
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John Lewis and a new generation of movement leaders
"And I say to all the young people, you must get out there and push and pull and make America what America should be for all of us . . . I'm not tired. I'm not weary. I'm not prepared to sit down and...
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PFAW Releases New Toolkit on Getting Money Out and Voters In to Our Democracy
We believe in a democratic system where all Americans have equal access to the voting booth and can express their views on a level playing field.Teaser Image: We believe in a democratic system where...
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