John Lewis

Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a Hillary Clinton surrogate and civil rights activist, talks about the state of the race and the impact of the African American vote.

United States Congressman John Lewis discusses how his experience as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement can offer guidance on how to live virtuously and work to change the world. In Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, Lewis revisits the lessons of the 1960s to help the electorate once again confront questions of social inequality.

The fight for same-sex marriage in California has been a long one. In 2004, Gavin Newsom surprised the state by opening marriage licenses to all couples, gay or straight. It was quickly shut down, but it opened up a flood of lawsuits. In June 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned the same-sex marriage ban. However, just a few months after, on November 8, a ballot measure called proposition 8 was passed by 52 percent of voters, and it officially defined marriage in California as between a man and a woman. 

Georgia Congressman John Lewis talks about the civil rights movement in the context of this year's convention and previews Obama speech tonight.

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Convention time means party time. Nancy Watzman heads up the Party Time project of the Sunlight Foundation. She dishes the details about the premiere ...

An unusual look at America's truly indigenous musical form. (Part 1 of 2)

An unusual look at America's truly indigenous musical form. (Part 2 of 2)

Interview with JOHN LEWIS

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On Black Industrial Revolution, moderator Raymond C. Turner interviews musicians John Lewis and John Blair about the Jazz Musicians Association the non-profit arm of the Jazz Mu...

After City Hall, the celebrations were taken uptown to Harlem.