John Lewis, civil right icon and longtime Congressman, dead at 80
July 18, 2020
Lewis was the last surviving speaker at the March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic “I have a dream” speech.
Dr. King’s dream is not yet realized
January 19, 2015
Dr. Martin Luther King Day is a national holiday, one that several states attempted to ignore for too many years. Sadly, too many Americans still
Fifty years ago, she marched in Selma for civil rights
January 19, 2015
“Steady, loving confrontation.” Those were the first words Lynda Blackmon Lowery says she heard from the mouth of Martin Luther King, Jr. “And those three
Dr. King and the irony of racism on a life
January 20, 2014
For some Virginians — those who work in state and county jobs — today is the end of a four day weekend because Friday was