Tag: Rep John Lewis

  • Rep. Lewis is a Hit at Comic-Con, naturally!

      I’m so thrilled at all the coverage the Congressman and my friend Andrew Aydin are getting over their collaboration on the first of three graphic novels about the Congressman’s life. Book One is March, available at retailers on August 13th.  Volume two is slotted for release in 2014, with volume three set to roll…

  • Rest in Peace, Elwin Wilson

    A FORMER Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologized for years of violent racism, including the beating of a civil rights activist who went on to become a beloved Georgia congressman, has died.  Elwin Wilson was 76. His wife, Judy Wilson, said he died on Thursday at a hospital in South Carolina after a bout…

  • Congressman Lewis’s Atlanta Book Signing

    This Saturday June 16th, 2012 at 2:00 pm for his comments , Q & A and book signing. EAGLE EYE BOOKS ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 1410 Ponce de Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA. 404-486-0307 For more information on the event contact Doug Robinson doug {at}eagleeyebooks.com The Congressman was on quite the press junket for this book last week, from…

  • Rep. John Lewis + Stephen Colbert

    Monday night! Congressman John Lewis will be on the Colbert Report. They will be discussing the Congressman’s new book, “Across the Bridge: Life Lessons and A Vision for Change”, but with Stephen Colbert, anything could happen. They could go out for hot dogs, discuss Super Pacs or get arrested. Join the hilarity on Comedy Central…

  • Get one today!

    The campaign to re-elect  Congressman John Robert Lewis has opened an on line store with a handful of items that are thought provoking and a little cheeky at the same time. Not an easy thing to do when you think how grim those jails and prisons were in the 1960’s for African Americans. If you’ve ever…

  • Congressman John Lewis hosts a Voting Rights panel discussion-Monday Evening

    What: Panel Discussion/Forum Topic: “Redistricting and the Continued Relevance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act” When: Monday, August 8, 2011  Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Where: Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church  407 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, Ga. 30312.