hailed John Lewis as a founding father of “a fuller, better” United States in a soaring eulogy on Thursday, while forcefully calling on Americans to stand up to the forces threatening a cause the late congressman was willing to die for: the right to vote. |
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ON Tuesday 28th, July 2020, it was time for the annual Thanksgiving and Memorial Service for the late Chief Joseph Koshoniola Randle, MBE; MVO, who was born in Lagos on 28th July, 1909. If he was alive, we would have been celebrating his 111th birthday. 111 is a magical number but he died on 17th December 1956 at the age of 47 years. |
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ATLANTA — John Lewis spent his whole life fighting for civil rights — and he wanted to make sure the cause lived on after his death. In an essay he wrote shortly before he died and that was published in The New York Times on Thursday, Lewis implores younger generations to keep fighting, telling them, "Now it is your turn to let freedom ring. |
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Victoria recorded 627 new cases today amid concern stay-at-home orders in place for the past three weeks across greater Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire aren't doing enough.
Premier Daniel Andrews has been in crisis talks with Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the next steps in stopping the deadly spread. |
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GALLATIN, Tenn (WTVF) — Sumner County students will be going back to school Monday with a hybrid approach of virtual and in-person learning. For the first two weeks, students will be learning from home for three days and in the school building for two days - all in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Medical experts are weighing up harsh New Zealand-style restrictions to combat the Victorian coronavirus outbreak, which is fuelling a rising national death toll. Eight more people have died from the disease, taking the national tally to 197. Victoria recorded 627 new cases on Friday amid concern.... |
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Lewis was “a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance," Obama said during a fiery speech in which he hearkened back to Lewis' legacy and connected it to the ongoing fight against those who are “doing their darndest to discourage people from voting. |
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Medical experts are weighing up harsh New Zealand-style restrictions to combat the Victorian coronavirus outbreak, which is fuelling a rising national death toll. Eight more people have died from the disease, taking the national tally to 197. Victoria recorded 627 new cases on Friday amid concern.... |
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Medical experts are weighing up harsh New Zealand-style restrictions to combat the Victorian coronavirus outbreak, which is fuelling a rising national death toll. Eight more people have died from the disease, taking the national tally to 197. Victoria recorded 627 new cases on Friday amid concern.... |
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Medical experts are weighing up harsh New Zealand-style restrictions to combat the Victorian coronavirus outbreak, which is fuelling a rising national death toll. Eight more people have died from the disease, taking the national tally to 197. Victoria recorded 627 new cases on Friday amid concern.... |
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Which isn’t bad for a boy from Troy. John was born into modest means – that means he was poor – in the heart of the Jim Crow South to parents who picked somebody else’s cotton. Apparently, he didn’t take to farm work – on days when he was supposed to help his brothers and sisters with their labor,.... |
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