John Lewis

John Lewis

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  NJ governor asked to apologize for race remark

  Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, ... 

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  Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march

  The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' ... 

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  AP PHOTOS: Anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' march

  More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the annual Bridge ... 

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  Man charged in slaying of Miss. mayoral candidate

  A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi ... 

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  First lady hosts 102-year-old determined voter

  A determined Florida centenarian who had to make two trips and wait several hours to vote for President Barack Obama last fall joined first lady ... 

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  Obama's Inauguration Day is a day for MLK Jr., too

  Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar ... 

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  Inauguration Day marks rare intersection with King

  President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring ... 

• Judge dismisses suit challenging Senate filibuster

  A judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate rules that establish a 60-vote threshold for defeating filibusters.