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Lewis is recognized Wednesday during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall for the "Foot Soldiers of the 1965 Voting Rights Marches, a group of men and women who peacefully marched from Selma to Montgomery in protest of the denial of their right to vote." (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Jeff Sessions Gets Personal at Foot Soldiers Ceremony

By Alex Gangitano
Posted February 24, 2016 at 6:12pm
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., talks about a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. during a tour of the Capitol rotunda that she gave to about 60 D.C. students on Feb. 20, 2014 . (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Black History Month Wraps Up With Music, Awards, Staffers

By Alex Gangitano
Posted February 20, 2016 at 5:00am
Lewis said he never saw Sanders during major civil rights struggles. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lewis on Sanders’ Civil Rights Activism: ‘I Never Saw Him’

By Eric Garcia
Posted February 11, 2016 at 2:22pm

Navy Ship Named After Rep. John Lewis

By Alex Gangitano
Posted January 6, 2016 at 6:33pm
Lewis takes a lighter appraoch to social media. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

John Lewis Plays With His Cats

By Alex Gangitano
Posted January 4, 2016 at 2:50pm

Library of Congress’ Civil Rights, Bay Psalm Exhibits About to Close

By Jason Dick
Posted December 22, 2015 at 12:14pm
Debate over Confederate imagery abounds, but not so much on guns and voting rights. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Two Weeks on, Hill’s Post-Charleston Agenda Has All but Disappeared

By David Hawkings
Posted June 30, 2015 at 5:00am
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Confederate Flag Debate Showcases Scott as Symbol

By David Hawkings
Posted June 23, 2015 at 5:00am
Toomey says he supports Restrepo, but has held off officially signing off on the judge's nomination. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

New Congress, New Round in Senate Fight Over Obama’s Judges

By David Hawkings
Posted May 5, 2015 at 9:00am
Which members of Congress have gotten involved with the SCOTUS gay marriage case? (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

What Gay Marriage Briefs Tell Us About Congress

By David Hawkings
Posted April 29, 2015 at 5:00am