Rep. John Lewis on the Freedom Rides, Surviving KKK Attacks, 1963 March on Washington & Malcolm X & Remembering C. T. Vivian, Civil Rights Icon MLK Called "Greatest Preacher to Ever Live"
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A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González

Monday, July 20, 2020

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As the United States mourns the loss of civil rights icon and 17-term Democratic Congressmember John Lewis, we feature his 2012 in-studio interview, when he tears ... Read More →
Civil rights movement icon and 17-term Democratic Congressmember John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, helped found SNCC, the Student Nonviolent ... Read More →
Reverend C. T. Vivian, whom Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once described as “the greatest preacher to ever live,” died July 17 at age 95. Vivian was a giant of the civil ... Read More →
The United States hit an all-time high of 75,600 new COVID cases Thursday — the largest number recorded in a single day since the pandemic began. Top U.S. ... Read More →

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Coronavirus on the Rise Around the World, with the U.S. Leading the Charge

Trump Seeks to Block Billions in Federal Funds for Testing as He Continues to Downplay Virus

Civil Rights Icon and Long-Standing Congressmember John Lewis Dies

C. T. Vivian, Civil Rights Legend, Dubbed “Greatest Preacher to Ever Live” by MLK, Dies at 95

Protesters Rail Against Federal Officers’ Violent and Covert Attacks in Portland

Charges Dropped Against BLM Protesters as New Info Emerges About Police Killing of Breonna Taylor

Police in Chicago Punch Black Teenage Activist in Face, Knocking Out Her Teeth

Two Men Charged over Racist Attack, Attempted Lynching of Indiana Activist Vauhxx Booker

Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag on U.S. Military Bases Despite Trump’s Opposition

Floods in India and Nepal Kill 200 People and Displace Millions

Bodies of 59 Refugees Pulled from Turkish Lake Weeks After Shipwreck

Garífuna Land Defenders Kidnapped in Honduras

Honduran Reporter David Romero, Who Exposed Gov’t Corruption, Dies in Prison of Suspected COVID-19

Michigan Supreme Court to Review Case of 15-Year-Old Student Jailed for Not Doing Schoolwork

Progressive NY Congressional Candidate Jamaal Bowman Officially Ousts Eliot Engel

Gunman Attacks Home of NJ Federal Judge, Killing Her Son and Injuring Her Husband

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Her Cancer Is Back But She Will Remain on the Court

Workers to Walk Off the Job in Nationwide “Strike for Black Lives”

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