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“America and the world have lost a great artistic talent—a gorgeous, elegant voice that was one of a kind. Jessye Norman did not grow up in a big city. She came of age in a musical family who lived in Augusta, a city in east Georgia considered off the beaten track to the world stage. She was trained as a young artist at Howard University, a historically black college, but she dared to be dif
Rep. John Lewis made this statement on the House Floor today:
Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask unanimous consent to address the House for five minutes.
Today, I come with a heavy heart, deeply concerned about the future of our democracy. And I am not alone.
It is with great sadness that I learned about the passing of Dr. Emily Clyburn, the beloved and devoted wife of the Majority Whip, Rep.
I was so sad to hear today that a legend of the Washington press corps, Cokie Roberts, has passed away.
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Mrs. Juanita Abernathy today, the wife of the late Reverend David Abernathy, the right hand to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
WHO: Rep. John Lewis
Captain Timothy Clements
Bryan Ramos
WHAT: Promotion Ceremony for Army Captain Timothy Clements
WHEN: 10:30 AM, Friday, September 13, 2019
WHERE: 300 Cannon House Office Building
U.S. Congressman
John Lewis
Georgia's 5th Congressional District
Invites you to attend
Military Service Academy Forum
Saturday, August 24, 2019
“It was today 54 years ago that President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Just five months after Bloody Sunday, the conflict on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Johnson introduced legislation that responded to the demand that all Americans participate equally in the democratic process.