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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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by artappraiser on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 11:52pm
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:01am
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:11am
Some words of the man himself in 2013:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:41am
The NYT editorial board has published an editorial with Lewis as the topic and dateline July 17. This is highly unusual! It is not the formal obituary, that is posted/published elsewhere. It is a distinctly separate honor. Here it is:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:47am
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:16am
Obama just published his statement:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:22am
tearjerker excerpt from New Yorker story:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 2:01am
Embassy of Ireland; Mitch McConnell; VoteVets.org; NYTimes reporting on praise from around the globe
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:32am
Who was Edmund Pettus?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pettus
I recommend changing the name to the John Lewis-Edmund Pettus Bridge ( Lewis winner in a knockout)
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 2:29am
Message for McConnell:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 2:34pm
and for everyone else
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 2:36pm
This is awesome:
Edit to add longer video:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:41am
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. retweeted his June 2020 two-minute history video:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:49am
And the Supreme Court decided that extra eye on the South for voting was no longer needed. They were party right - the eye Is needed across the country now. Southern style voters repression and denial Is now nationwide. Aint that progress.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 1:58am
Thread on Lewis' compromise
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:29pm
The two versions of the speech side by side
https://billmoyers.com/content/two-versions-of-john-lewis-speech/
by rmrd0000 on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 12:33pm
Macron:
by artappraiser on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 9:35pm
PERFECT!
This is exactly why it's usually better to let artists, and not angry mobs, handle these issues for society.
Having a hard time not crying. And that's exactly the kind of reaction you want from a monument.
by artappraiser on Sun, 07/19/2020 - 6:01pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 8:57pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/23/2020 - 10:39pm
LeBron says:
by artappraiser on Fri, 07/24/2020 - 8:56pm
Video
by artappraiser on Sun, 07/26/2020 - 5:33pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 07/27/2020 - 7:46pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 07/28/2020 - 7:23am
Three former presidents to attend John Lewis' funeral in Atlanta
@ USA TODAY July 29
Caption: Mourners created a memorial in front of the John Lewis mural in downtown Atlanta
by artappraiser on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 10:36pm
Obama's eulogy in writing @ medium.com, and Lewis' posthumously published NYTimes op-ed:
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/30/2020 - 9:37pm