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Thu., April 4, 2013 9:00am
A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. John Lewis says the civil rights icon is to receive the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage Thursday from Georgia Tech. The ceremony is taking place on the 45th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sat., March 2, 2013 12:00pm
A congressional delegation led by Rep. John Lewis of Georgia is headed to the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, Alabama.
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Mon., December 31, 2012 6:07pm
Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis, has died. Brenda Jones, a spokeswoman for the congressman, says Lewis died Monday morning in Atlanta.
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Wed., August 24, 2011 5:33pm
A key House committee approved draft congressional maps Wednesday. The proposal will keep an air force base near Valdosta in the first congressional district. The draft maps now head to the full House for a vote.
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Thu., May 5, 2011 5:08pm
Forty college students, including two from Georgia, are retracing a seminal Civil Rights-era journey. Fifty years divides the two trips, but the students will depart from Washington, D.C., just as the original Freedom Riders did in 1961. As the students prepare for the bus trip, they are learning how much the Freedom Rides changed life in America.
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Tue., April 26, 2011 2:45pm
Rep. John Lewis (D-5) announced Tuesday that he will seek re-election next year. The congressman made the announcement while speaking at the Atlanta Press Club.
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Tue., June 1, 2010 6:52pm
Savannah Democrat John Barrow was the only Georgia Representative outside o
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Mon., March 22, 2010 8:02am
Georgia’s congressional delegation entered their votes Sunday night on heal
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Tue., October 27, 2009 11:35am
Georgia’s congressional delegation has called for a meeting with fellow con
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Wed., August 26, 2009 4:44pm
Georgia Congressman John Lewis says it's because of Ted Kennedy that civil
