Rep. John Lewis on the struggle to win–and now protect–voting rights in the US

Posted on AllSides July 18th, 2020
From The Left

We spend the hour looking at the bloody struggle to obtain — and protect — voting rights in the U.S. with the civil rights icon, now 13-term Georgia congressmember, John Lewis. During the 1960s, Rep. Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and beaten almost to death as he served as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, marched side by side with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helped organize the Freedom Rides, campaigned for Robert Kennedy’s presidential bid, and spoke at the 1963 March on Washington. He has just...

Read full story

AllSides Picks

https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/rep-john-lewis-on-the-struggle-to-win-and-now-protect-voting-rights-in-the-us/

More News about Elections from the Left, Center and Right

From the Left

From the Center

From the Right