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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism'

May. 16, 2021 12:26 PM EDT

FILE - This Nov. 18, 2016 file photo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tenn. Some last thoughts from Lewis will be published this summer. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday that Lewis’ “Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation” will come out July 13, almost a year after he died at age 80. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Final thoughts from Rep. John Lewis to be published in July

By Hillel Italie Apr. 13, 2021 01:43 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, holds a news conference, Thursday, March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate's 'big, bold' agenda

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 26, 2021 12:36 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, holds a news conference, Thursday, March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate's 'big, bold' agenda

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 25, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

This photo provided by Perseus Books shows the book cover of “Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler’s Guide to the People, Places and Events That Made the Movement” From the site where enslaved Africans entered America via the port at Charleston, South Carolina to key cities in Alabama's civil rights movement to Jackson, Mississippi, where Medgar Evers was killed, "Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places and Events That Made the Movement" gives readers an in-depth look at past events and shows how eerily similar those events mirror the present. (via AP)
The US Civil Rights Trail from SC to Mississippi and more

By Chevel Johnson Mar. 21, 2021 08:23 AM EDT

Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera, left, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci listens Monday, March 15, 2021 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Georgia Tech awarded Anthony Fauci its Ivan Allen, Jr. Prize for Social Courage. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
Georgia Tech honors Fauci with annual social courage prize

By Angie Wang Mar. 15, 2021 06:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 4, 1990, file photo, civil rights figures lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the recreation of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Selma, Ala. From left are Hosea Williams of Atlanta, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Evelyn Lowery, SCLC President Joseph Lowery and Coretta Scott King. This Sunday, March 7, 2021, marks the 56th anniversary of those marches and "Bloody Sunday," when more than 500 demonstrators gathered on March 7, 1965, to demand the right to vote and cross Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were met by dozens of state troopers and many were severely beaten. (AP Photo/Jamie Sturtevant, File)
Bloody Sunday memorial honors late civil rights giants

Mar. 07, 2021 10:17 AM EST

FILE - In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. The March 7, 2021, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be the first without the towering presence of Lewis, as well as the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020. (AP Photo/File)
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons

By Kat Stafford Mar. 03, 2021 12:24 PM EST

FILE - In this July 26, 2020 file photo, the casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, in Selma, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Bloody Sunday memorial to honor late civil rights giants

Feb. 22, 2021 06:54 PM EST

Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, gesture toward a crowd during a campaign rally on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
New Georgia senators carry John Lewis' influence with them

By Ben Nadler Jan. 24, 2021 08:30 AM EST

Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Jon Ossoff speaks to the media at Dunbar Neighborhood Center during Georgia's Senate runoff elections, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
Ossoff seals Democrats' sweep; will be youngest US senator

By Sudhin Thanawala Jan. 06, 2021 05:52 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo, a woman stands during the Martin Luther King, Jr. annual commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. (Branden Camp
Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight

By Aaron Morrison Jan. 03, 2021 07:55 AM EST

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., clasp hands during a campaign rally, Monday Dec. 21, 2020, in Milton, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia

By Russ Bynum Jan. 02, 2021 01:05 AM EST

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a campaign rally, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Milton, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia

By Russ Bynum Jan. 01, 2021 08:01 AM EST

FILE - In this July 26, 2020 file photo, the casket of Rep. John Lewis moves over the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis, in Selma, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Pandemic deaths and economic fallout are top Alabama story

By Jay Reeves Dec. 28, 2020 07:24 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 5, 2020, file photo, members of the Georgia National Guard work to clean and disinfect hallways and common areas at Provident Village assisted living and memory care home, in Smyrna, Ga. Despite having no coronavirus cases among residents or staff, the home welcomed the extra help from the guard. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
2020: Pandemic, politics, and passing of a civil rights icon

By Jeff Martin Dec. 28, 2020 07:22 AM EST

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from Georgia Jon Ossoff speaks after voting early in Atlanta on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. For the second time in three years, Jon Ossoff is campaigning in overtime. The question is whether the 33-year-old Democrat can deliver a win in a crucial Jan. 5 runoff with Republican Sen. David Perdue. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Georgia US Senate race: Ossoff again campaigning in overtime

By Ben Nadler And Russ Bynum Dec. 23, 2020 12:29 PM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

In this Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 photo, Kwanza Hall answers a question during the Atlanta Police Foundation's Atlanta Mayoral debate hosted by WSB-TV at their studios in Atlanta.. Crime and safety were the main topic of discussion during live debate. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Franklin, Hall vie for a few weeks in Congress from Georgia

By Jeff Amy Nov. 30, 2020 06:12 PM EST

People celebrate Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia, after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
2020 Latest: Trump, GOP sue in Arizona over ballot handling

Nov. 07, 2020 12:14 PM EST