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We now have our answer as who will replace Jeff Suppan as the Padres 5th starter. Another ex-Cardinal Jason Marquis will toe the slab in Thursday's finale with the Giants.
Jason Marquis to start tomorrow with everyone else pushed back one day. #Padres #sfgiants
— Dan Hayes (@NCTPadres) June 6, 2012
Marquis made one start with the San Antonio Missions after being signed by the Padres on May 29. He went 7 IP with 5 hits, 1 ER, 2 BBs and 5 Ks in that one start for the Friars' AA club. The Padres were able to sign him after he was waived by the Minnesota Twins. With the Twins he put up the following numbers:
I probably don't have to tell you that those aren't very good. He's put up better numbers in the past, so there's some hope for a turnaround. Darren Balsley always up for working some of his magic. It's also worth noting that this isn't a long term solution for the club. Marquis is only here to provide some veterany craftiness due to the plethora of injuries and the absence of any healthy, major league ready prospects. Marquis will be the 10th pitcher to start a game for the Padres this season.
No word yet on who will be taken off the 25 man roster to make room, but a 40 man roster move will need to be made as well. (Editor's note: Eric Stults was placed on the 15 day DL to make room on the 25 man roster. Jason Bartlett was moved from the 15 day to the 60 day DL to make room on the 40 man roster)

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This week a colleague sent me a subtle note about a productivity software program that is rapidly growing in popularity. I'm trying not to take it personally.
The software, called Freedom, doesn't actually add anything to your computer's speed, power or functionality. What it does — what you pay for — is turn off your Internet connection, for up to eight hours.
Why? Studies show that massive amounts of work time are lost by people who compulsively Tweet, constantly check their email and post Facebook updates around the clock. They don't necessarily mean to be unproductive; they just can't fight their addiction.
Huh. I just spent an hour-and-a-half after that last sentence shopping online for a deep fryer, instant messaging with a friend and checking my investments in Scandinavian textiles. The flesh is weak.
The software program — for $10 — essentially does what any user can do for free with a couple of mouse clicks. Its makers, however, are betting that citizens of the 21st century don't have the intestinal fortitude or willpower to turn off the temptation all by themselves.
Their product doesn't provide the same service your employer does — blocking websites, tracking your mouse clicks, secretly reading your emails, hiding tiny cameras in places you would never think to look. Instead, you tell it how long you want to remain undistracted, and you can easily disable it by restarting your computer.
Doing that, however, is the equivalent of washing down your small salad, no dressing, with a pair of gravy-topped jelly donuts. Shame on you.
The interest in Freedom, and several other software programs with similar features, has sparked a number of upstart companies with complementary ventures. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
"Fone Foe LLC" realizes that the cell phone suction-cupped to the ears of many Americans causes countless millions of hours of lost productivity. For a nominal fee, it will send a burly professional wrestler to your home to confiscate your phone and flush it down the toilet.
"Children Away Inc." will lure your children out of the home with candy and puppies, relieving you of the stress of arguments, dirty diapers, loud music, slamming doors and pleas for cash, the car keys or a trip to the Great Escape. The children will be bussed humanely to a distribution center, where they will be matched with parents who aren't quite so busy.
Annoyed that your spouse is demanding you take a week away when you've got a special project at work that you just have to finish? The "Vacation Unplanner" will cancel your airline reservations, start a bedbug infestation at your chosen hotel and send ominous terror alerts to your spouse's cell phone.
Do you have neighbors who are fond of you, engaging you in chit chat and inviting you to their barbecues and dinner parties? "Neighbor Block" will raise a 17-foot-high sound-proof wall of shrubbery around your property, disable your door bell and set loose a rabid Irish wolfhound on your property.
Our favorite new productivity supplier, however, is tentatively called the "Mother-in-Law Stalker."
No, it doesn't stalk your mother-in-law; that would be creepy and disturbing. Instead, the company pays your mother-in-law to stalk you. She will watch over your shoulder while you work. She will check your recent files when you go to the bathroom. She will criticize the healthiness of your snacks. She will trade away all the best players on your fantasy football team.
In the rare case where you mother-in-law trusts and respects you, the company will find someone else's mother-in-law to make your life a productive nightmare.
She will turn off the TV so it doesn't "rot your brain."
She will make sure that your co-workers are unattractive and — by spreading rumors and outright lies about your personal hygiene — that they have no interest in wasteful chatting with you.
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Woodleigh vs Hornady
This is a discussion on Woodleigh vs Hornady within the Firearms & Ammunition General forums, part of the Firearms & Ammunition category; Currently shooting Woodliegh 480grn softs and solids out of my 1905 Gibbs 450 3 1/4NE, but have not shot anything ...
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Currently shooting Woodliegh 480grn softs and solids out of my 1905 Gibbs 450 3 1/4NE, but have not shot anything bigger than a pig with this load. The gun and I are going to Zim for Buffalo and Tuskless and I am thinking of trying Hornady's DGX and DGS bullets as they appear to be of stouter construction. Would someone with field experience with these bullets please toss some advice my way as whether I should stay with the Woodlieghs are go with the Hornadys
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I would stick with the Woodleigh softs and solid...they are proven bullets.
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I used Hornady 450 NE 3 1/4" last year both DGS & DGX for cape buffalo...
First buffalo was dead on it feet with the first shot and PH had me put in followups to make sure the bugger was dead. shot at about 40 yards
Second Buffalo was hit hard and we followed up and the 450 NE Solids blew holes right through the buffalo. He looked like a pin cussion and again the PH had me put in a follow up shot...shot at about 100 yards...and then 15 feet...bugger just stood there and let me fill him with holes...
In fact i am purchasing more Hornady ammo for other rifles ... these performed very well...James Grage - New Mexico
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For the record, I really like Hornady ammunition, it's super affordable, accurate and has worked very well for me. It's just that I think the Woodleigh are fine too and wouldn't change unless it shot poorly through my rilfe. Because accuracy is super important.
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Considering what safaris cost these days (as well as funerals), price should not be a consideration when selecting DG ammunition. Woodleighs are bonded, Hornadys are not. That is important. Shoot both in your rifle to see which prints closest to the point of aim. Chronograph both as well. If both perform equally well, I would select the bonded Woodleighs over the non bonded Hornadys.
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I used Woodleighs in my 375 and 416 and found that they worked very well. Also met another hunter who shot a wilderbeast with his 375 ruger using 300 gn Dgx ammo. Took him 5 shots to kill it. Showed us a couple of the recovered projectiles and all where in missing copper jackets and had broken into pieces.
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I've been using Hornaday factory loaded 458 Lott (500gn), both D.G.S and D.G.X, for the last three seasons and am very pleased with the results.
Even at Lott velocity, and even at close range, the softs perform admirably on buffalo.
The solids are very good and are my preference over the Woodleigh solids.
I have no way of proving it, measuring it or quantifying it but the semi-flat nose (meplat) on the Solids appears to transfer energy to the target better than standard round noses.
This is my opinion only, based on my observations.
I could chronical anecdotes of several dozen buffalo I have taken, most in extremely poor shooting oportunities/circumstances and have yet to be dissapointed with these bullets.
For buff I would use the softs backed up with some solids, and for "phunts.... solids all the way !
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At least Woodleigh print on their boxes sectional density, ballistic coefficient, and recommended impact velocities. Which they assure us are arrived at after countless field testings.
This is a 400gn Woodleigh .416 Round Nose Weldcore. Fired out of a .416 Rem Mag at a Cape Buffalo. At 10m from the muzzle it's doing an average of 2350fps, with my rifle and load. Buff was shot at about 15m through the second rib back from the off side shoulder. Bullet was recovered in the on side shoulder bone. He moved a full body length from where he was shot to where he fell. Bullet was 385gn after all the bone and sinew was cleaned out of it. Some say the bullet should have exited but I'll ask him the question "did it hurt" when he comes back from the taxidermist.Last edited by drew416; 09-23-2013 at 04:56 AM. Reason: Australian English used
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I've ordered two important reviews, because it's absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism.The first review involves our watch list system, which our government has had in place for many years to identify known and suspected terrorists so that we can prevent their entry into the United States. Apparently the suspect in the Christmas incident was in this system, but not on a watch list, such as the so-called no-fly list. So I have ordered a thorough review, not only of how information related to the subject was handled, but of the overall watch list system and how it can be strengthened.The second review will examine all screening policies, technologies and procedures related to air travel. We need to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous explosives aboard an aircraft and what additional steps we can take to thwart future attacks.
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Birth name | David Roger Johansen |
Also known as | Buster Poindexter |
Born | Staten Island, New York, United States |
January 9, 1950
Genres | Glam punk, protopunk, punk rock, blues, lounge music, calypso |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter, actor |
Instruments | Vocals, harmonica, trumpet, gong |
Years active | 1968–present |
Associated acts | New York Dolls, David Johansen Group, Buster Poindexter, The Harry Smiths |
David Roger Johansen[1] (born January 9, 1950) is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.
Early life[edit]
Johansen was born in the New York City borough of Staten Island, New York, to a librarian mother and an insurance sales representative father.[2] Johansen's family was Catholic. His mother was Irish American and his father was Norwegian American.[1]
Johansen began his career in the late 1960s as a lead singer in the local Staten Island band the Vagabond Missionaries and later in the early 1970s as the singer/songwriter in the protopunk band the New York Dolls. The New York Dolls released two albums, the eponymous New York Dolls (1973), and Too Much Too Soon (1974). The bulk of the material was written by Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders. The Dolls were well received critically, but failed to succeed commercially.
In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the band. Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, along with Peter Jordan, Chris Robison, and Tony Machine, continued playing as the New York Dolls, until 1977, after which Johansen embarked on a solo career. His first two albums, David Johansen and In Style, featured several enduring originals. Sylvain Sylvain frequently performed with him, and his band covered many Dolls songs in concert; his live albums Live It Up and The David Johansen Group Live document Johansen's reputation as an exceptional concert performer. The studio releases Here Comes the Night (which includes a signature number, "Heart of Gold") and Sweet Revenge again showcased his strengths as a writer of new material and featured a guest appearance by jazz saxophone player Big Jay McNeely. A number of the songs on "Here Comes the Night" were co-written with South African musician Blondie Chaplin. In 1982 Johansen was the opening act for The Who at several U.S. East Coast concerts, including Byrne Meadowlands Arena and Capital Centre.
Buster Poindexter[edit]
In the late 1980s, Johansen achieved moderate commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, accompanied by The Uptown Horns, performing a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs, and appearing as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night Live. As Poindexter he scored his first hit song, "Hot Hot Hot," which in an interview on National Public Radio's Fresh Air he called "the bane of my existence," due to its pervasive popularity. "Hot Hot Hot" was initially written and recorded by Montserratian Soca artist Arrow. As Poindexter, Johansen often appeared with his band, The Banshees of Blue. Early Poindexter releases combined an eclectic selection of covers with Johansen's own compositions. Johansen went on to issue Buster Poindexter's Happy Hour, a CD of songs thematically linked by their subject matter—alcohol. It is his most jazz-influenced release to date. It was followed by Buster Poindexter's Spanish Rocket Ship, a synthesis of R&B, calypso and Latin jazz.
Johansen acted in several films during the 1980s and 1990s, and in 2007, had a brief role on the HBO drama Oz. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete in the episode "On Golden Pete", in which he played a park ranger. He appeared in the MuppeTelevision segment of an episode of The Jim Henson Hour. Among his more prominent roles are that of the wisecracking Ghost Of Christmas Past in Scrooged as well as the part of 'Looney' in the movie, Let It Ride, playing opposite Richard Dreyfuss. He starred opposite Hulk Hogan and Sherman Hemsley in Mr. Nanny, and co-starred with John C. McGinley in the movie Car 54, Where Are You?, based on the television series. He can be seen in the Jim White documentary film Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus in which he sings a version of Geeshie Wiley's "Last Kind Words" while in a motel room. He also had a supporting role with Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez in the movie Freejack. He also played Halston (a hired hitman) in the anthology film Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, in the segment "The Cat From Hell".
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Johansen then turned to country blues with his group, The Harry Smiths. The group was named as a tribute to Harry Everett Smith, who compiled the Anthology of American Folk Music, several songs of which were covered by the band. Johansen's second album with the Harry Smiths is titled Shaker.
In 2004 Johansen reunited with Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur Kane, of the New York Dolls. Owing to the success of the tour, in 2006 the New York Dolls released One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, their first album in nearly thirty years. It was critic Robert Christgau's choice for album of the year.[3] In 2009 the band released "'Cause I Sez So" and in 2011 "Dancing Backward in High Heels".
Johansen hosts a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio while continuing to write and perform.
In October 2007, Johansen participated in "The Staten Island Composers Project," featuring work by three musicians who call the island home: Johansen; Vernon Reid, founder of the '80s rock-metal pioneers Living Colour; and Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of the musical Hair. The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island commissioned the program and asked each artist to write 20 minutes of music conveying something of his connection to the island often referred to as New York City's forgotten borough. Johansen's opus, a cinematic and unabashedly romantic Adagio scored mostly for strings, is called "Mara Dreams the Moon Gate of Uncommon Beauty." Inspired by The Moon Gate of Uncommon Beauty, a round portal between two rockscapes in the Chinese Scholar's Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Gardens. In September 2009, he appeared on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, the Travel Channel TV program, in which he toured Staten Island with the program's host.
In addition to his own albums, Johansen contributed songs to the soundtracks of the films Times Square and The Aviator ("Flowers of the City" and "Ain't Cha Glad" respectively) and guests on About Them Shoes, a CD by veteran blues man Hubert Sumlin. Another non-album track of his, "Johnsonius", appears on the 1984 compilation A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse and "The Rope (The Let Go Song)", a track originally recorded during the sessions for his eponymous first album, and published on the B-side of the single, "Funky But Chic", a song that was performed by the original New York Dolls before breaking up.
An artist noted for his musical unpredictability and versatility, Johansen has been a consistent blues enthusiast since the earliest days of the Dolls, with covers of songs by Bo Diddley and Sonny Boy Williamson among their earliest numbers. The 2006 Dolls CD Private World : The Complete Early Studio Demos 1972/3 featured the Dolls performing songs by Otis Redding, Gary US Bonds, Chuck Berry, The Shangri-Las, and Muddy Waters, in addition to versions of songs from their two Mercury albums. Also featured on the CD was a previously unreleased Dolls number, "Endless Party".
During a career that has seen many changes, Johansen has worked consistently with certain musicians, including Sylvain Sylvain, drummer Tony Machine (formerly an agent who worked for Leber & Krebs, a member of the New York Dolls from 1975 until 1977, and a fixture in many David Johansen groups and throughout the Buster Poindexter period) and Brian Koonin, guitarist and banjo player with Buster Poindexter and The Harry Smiths, as well as keyboard player with the New York Dolls for the first reunion gig and the One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This CD and tour.
Personal life[edit]
David is currently engaged to Mara Hennessey, and is the stepfather of Leah Victoria Hennessey, lead singer of the band Make Out.
- 1978: David Johansen
- 1978: The David Johansen Group Live
- 1979: In Style
- 1981: Here Comes the Night
- 1982: Live It Up
- 1984: Sweet Revenge
- 2000: David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
- 2002: Shaker
Buster Poindexter albums[edit]
- 1987: Buster Poindexter
- 1989: Buster Goes Berserk
- 1994: Buster's Happy Hour
- 1997: Buster's Spanish Rocketship
Video Performances[edit]
- 1989: Disney MGM Studios Opening special (Performer)
Compilation albums[edit]
- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988), as "Buster Poindexter and The Banshees of Soul"
- September Songs - The Music of Kurt Weill (1994/1997) - "Alabama Song"
- Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003) - "Kickin' the Gong Around"
- Jim White Presents Music From Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005) - "The Last Kind Words", with Larry Saltzman (Geechie Wiley cover)
Further reading[edit]
- Jacobson, Mark (September 20, 2002), "The Icon: Doll Face", New York Magazine.
- Rosen, Richard J. (July 2000), "Rick Visits . . . David Johansen", Stereophile.
- Rollins, Henry (September 2006), "David Johansen", Interview[dead link].
- Steven Morrissey - The New York Dolls, Babylon Books, Manchester, 1981
- ^ a b Antonia, Nina (February 2006), The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon, Omnibus Press, pp. 23–24, ASIN 1844499847, ISBN 1-84449-984-7
- ^ "David Johansen Biography (1950?-)". Filmreference.com. 1950-01-09. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ^ "2006: Dean's List". Robert Christgau. 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
External links[edit]
- https://www.facebook.com/officialBusterPoindexter?ref=ts&fref=ts
- http://goto.glocalnet.net/newyorkdolls/
- David Johansen Resource
- David Johansen at the Internet Movie Database
- David Johansen at Allmusic
- Buster Poindexter at Allmusic
- David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
- Shaker


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John Lewis (U.S. politician)
John Lewis | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th district |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 3, 1987 |
Preceded by | Wyche Fowler |
3rd Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | |
In office 1963–1966 |
Preceded by | Charles F. McDew |
Succeeded by | Stokely Carmichael |
Personal details | |
Born | John Robert Lewis February 21, 1940 Troy, Alabama, United States |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Lillian Miles Lewis (m.1968-d.2012) |
Residence | Atlanta, Georgia |
Alma mater | American Baptist Theological Seminary, Fisk University |
Occupation | political consultant, civil rights leader |
Religion | Baptist |
John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. The district includes the northern three-quarters of Atlanta.
Lewis is the only living "Big Six" leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, having been the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation. A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis is a member of the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives and has served in the Whip organization since shortly after his first election to the U.S. Congress.
He is Senior Chief Deputy Whip, leading an organization of chief deputy whips and serves as the primary assistant to the Democratic Whip. He has held this position since 1991.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Civil rights activism
- 3 Early political career
- 4 U.S. House of Representatives
- 5 Biographies
- 6 Personal life
- 7 Honors
- 8 Electoral history
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 Bibliography
- 12 Further reading
- 13 External links
Early life[edit]
Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama, the third son of Willie Mae (née Carter) and Eddie Lewis.[1] His parents were sharecroppers.[2] Lewis grew up in Pike County, Alabama. He also has a deaf brother named Edward. He has other siblings, including brothers Grant, Freddie, Sammy, Adolph, and William, and sisters named Ethel, Rosa, and Ora. He survived a tornado at the age of four with fourteen cousins. He had only seen two white people in his life until age six. The church he attended was attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in 1904.[3] Lewis was educated at the Pike County Training High School, Brundidge, Alabama, and also American Baptist Theological Seminary and at Fisk University, both in Nashville, Tennessee, where he became a leader in the Nashville sit-ins. While a student, he was invited to attend non-violence workshops held in the basement of Clark Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. James Lawson and Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. There he became a dedicated adherent to the discipline and philosophy of non-violence, which he still practices today. The Nashville sit-in movement was responsible for the successful desegregation of lunch counters in downtown Nashville. Lewis was arrested and jailed many times in the struggle to desegregate the downtown area of the city. Afterwards, he participated in the Freedom Rides sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality or CORE, led by James Farmer and ultimately became a national leader in the struggle for civil rights and respect for human dignity.[2] In an interview, John Lewis said "I saw racial discrimination as a young child. I saw those signs that said "White Men, Colored Men, White Women, Colored Women."..."I remember as a young child with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins going down to the public library trying to get library cards, trying to check some books out, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for "coloreds." During a rather dangerous childhood trip to Buffalo, NY, John saw for the first time black men and white men working together, unsegregated water fountains, and for the first time, John began to believe the dream of equality was more than just a dream. Lewis followed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Rosa Parks on the radio. He and his family supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott.[citation needed]
Civil rights activism[edit]
John Lewis was the youngest of the Big Six civil rights leaders and the chairman of the SNCC from 1963 to 1966, some of the most tumultuous years of the civil rights movement. During his tenure, SNCC opened Freedom Schools, launched the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and organized the voter registration efforts that led to the pivotal Selma to Montgomery marches.
He graduated from the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville and then received a bachelor's degree in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University. As a student, Lewis was very dedicated to the civil rights movement. He organized sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Nashville and took part in many other civil rights activities as part of the Nashville Student Movement. He was instrumental in organizing student sit-ins, bus boycotts and non-violent protests in the fight for voter and racial equality.
In 1960, Lewis joined the Freedom Riders. He was one of the 13 original Freedom Riders. There were seven whites and six blacks who were determined to ride from Washington, DC, to New Orleans in an integrated fashion. At that time, several states of the old Confederacy still enforced laws prohibiting black and white riders from sitting next to each other on public transportation. The Freedom Ride, originated by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and revived by Farmer and CORE, was initiated to pressure the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court decision in Boynton v. Virginia (1960) that declared segregated interstate bus travel to be unconstitutional. In the South, Lewis and other non-violent Freedom Riders were beaten by angry mobs, arrested at times and taken to jail. When CORE gave up on the Freedom Ride because of the violence, Lewis and fellow activist Diane Nash arranged for the Nashville students to take it over and bring it to a successful conclusion.
In 1963, when Chuck McDew stepped down as SNCC chairman, Lewis, one of the founding members of SNCC, was quickly elected to take over. Lewis's experience at that point was already widely respected. His courage and his tenacious adherence to the philosophy of reconciliation and non-violence made him emerge as a leader. By this time, he had been arrested 24 times in the non-violent struggle for equal justice. He held the post of chairman until 1966.
By 1963, he was recognized as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, along with Whitney Young, A. Phillip Randolph, James Farmer and Roy Wilkins. In that year, Lewis helped plan the historic March on Washington in August 1963, the occasion of Dr. King's celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech. Currently, he is the last remaining speaker from the march. Lewis represented SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and at 23 was the youngest speaker that day.[4]
In 1964, Lewis coordinated SNCC's efforts for "Mississippi Freedom Summer," a campaign to register black voters across the South. The Freedom Summer was an attempt to expose college students from around the country to the perils of African-American life in the South. Lewis traveled the country encouraging students to spend their summer break trying to help people in Mississippi, the most recalcitrant state in the union, to register and vote. Lewis became nationally known during his prominent role in the Selma to Montgomery marches. On March 7, 1965 – a day that would become known as "Bloody Sunday" – Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. At the end of the bridge, they were met by Alabama State Troopers who ordered them to disperse. When the marchers stopped to pray, the police discharged tear gas and mounted troopers charged the demonstrators, beating them with night sticks. Lewis's skull was fractured, but he escaped across the bridge, to a church in Selma. Before he could be taken to the hospital, John Lewis appeared before the television cameras calling on President Johnson to intervene in Alabama. On his head, Lewis bears scars that are still visible today.
Historian Howard Zinn wrote: "At the great Washington March of 1963, the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis, speaking to the same enormous crowd that heard Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, was prepared to ask the right question: 'Which side is the federal government on?' That sentence was eliminated from his speech by organizers of the March to avoid offending the Kennedy Administration. But Lewis and his fellow SNCC workers had experienced, again and again, the strange passivity of the national government in the face of Southern violence."[5]
"John Lewis and SNCC had reason to be angry. At 21 years old, John Lewis was the first of the Freedom Riders to be assaulted while in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He tried to enter a whites-only waiting room and two white men attacked him, injuring his face and kicking him in the ribs. Nevertheless, only two weeks later Lewis joined a Freedom Ride that was bound for Jackson. "We were determined not to let any act of violence keep us from our goal. We knew our lives could be threatened, but we had made up our minds not to turn back," Lewis said recently in regard to his perseverance following the act of violence.[6]
In an interview with CNN during the 40th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, Lewis recounted the sheer amount of violence he and the 12 other original Freedom Riders endured. In Anniston, Alabama, the bus was fire-bombed after Ku Klux Klan members deflated its tires, forcing it to come to a stop. In Birmingham, the Riders were mercilessly beaten, and in Montgomery, an angry mob met the bus, and Lewis was hit in the head with a wooden crate. "It was very violent. I thought I was going to die. I was left lying at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery unconscious," said Lewis, remembering the incident.
The original intent of the Freedom Rides was to test the new law that banned segregation in public transportation. It also exposed the passivity of the government regarding violence against citizens of the country who were simply acting in accordance to the law.[7] The federal government had trusted the notoriously racist Alabama police to protect the Riders, but did nothing itself, except to have FBI agents take notes. The Kennedy Administration then called for a "cooling-off period", a moratorium on Freedom Rides.[5] Lewis had been imprisoned for forty days in the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, after participating in a Freedom Riders activity in that state.[8]
In February 2009, forty-eight years after he had been bloodied by the Ku Klux Klan during civil rights marches, Lewis received an apology on national television from a white southerner, former Klansman Elwin Wilson.[9][10]
After leaving SNCC in 1966, Lewis worked with community organizations and was named community affairs director for the National Consumer Co-op Bank in Atlanta.
Early political career[edit]
Before being elected to Atlanta City Council in 1981, Lewis faced "years of criticism as a holier-than-thou publicity seeker who challenged city leaders on ethical matters".[11] In the context of the "war on drugs", Lewis challenged Julian Bond to take a urine drug test during the 1986 Democratic runoff.[12] The Houston Chronicle called it "perhaps the best-known example" of congressional candidates challenging their opponents to drug testing.[12] The challenge could have served in Lewis' favor in his upset win as "there were signs that it may have damaged Bond among older black voters concerned about drug abuse among blacks".[12]
Lewis first ran for elective office in 1977, when a vacancy occurred in Georgia's 5th congressional district. A special election was called after President Jimmy Carter appointed incumbent U.S. Congressman Andrew Young to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Lewis lost the race to Atlanta City Councilman and future U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler.
After his unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1977, Lewis was without a job and in debt from his campaign. He accepted a position with the Carter administration as associate director of ACTION, responsible for running the VISTA program, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and the Foster Grandparent Program. He held that job for two and a half years, resigning as the 1980 election approached.[13] In 1981, Lewis was elected to the Atlanta City Council.
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
- 1977
In January 1977, incumbent Democrat U.S. Congressman Andrew Young, of Georgia's 5th congressional district, decided to resign in order to become the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. under President Jimmy Carter. In the March 1977 open primary, Atlanta City Councilman Wyche Fowler, Jr. ranked first with 40% of the vote, failing to reach the 50% threshold to win outright. Lewis ranked second with 29% of the vote.[14] In the April election, Fowler defeated Lewis 62%–38%.[15]
- 1986
After nine years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Fowler gave up the seat to make a successful run for the U.S. Senate. Lewis decided to run for the 5th district again. In the August Democratic primary—the real contest in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district—State Representative Julian Bond ranked first with 47%, just three points shy of winning outright. Lewis earned 35% in second place.[16] In the run-off, Lewis pulled an upset against Bond, defeating him 52%–48%.[17] In the November general election, he defeated Republican Portia Scott 75%–25%.[18]
- 1988–2012
Lewis has been reelected 13 times. He has dropped below 70 percent of the vote only once. In 1994, he defeated Republican Dale Dixon by a 38 point margin, 69%–31%.[19] He even ran unopposed in 1996 and from 2004 to 2008.
He was challenged in the Democratic primary just twice: in 1992 and 2008. In 1992, he defeated State Representative Mable Thomas 76%–24%.[20] In 2008, Thomas decided to challenge Lewis again, as well as the Reverend Markel Hutchins. Lewis defeated Hutchins and Thomas 69%–16%-15%.[21]
Lewis is one of the most liberal members of the House, and one of the most liberal congressmen ever to represent a district in the Deep South. He has been labeled a "far-left Democratic leader" by GovTrack and a "Hard-Core Liberal" by Issues2000.[22][23] The Washington Post described Lewis in 1998 as "a fiercely partisan Democrat but ... also fiercely independent."[24] Lewis characterized himself as a strong and adamant liberal.[24] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Lewis was the "only former major civil rights leader who extended his fight for human rights and racial reconciliation to the halls of Congress".[11] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also said that to "those who know him, from U.S. senators to 20-something congressional aides", he is called the "conscience of Congress".[11] Lewis has cited former Florida Senator and Congressman Claude Pepper, a staunch liberal, as being the colleague that he has most admired.[25] Lewis has spoken out in support of gay rights and national health insurance,[24] and he has worked with the Faith and Politics Institute to advance their goals.[26]
Lewis opposed the U.S. waging of the 1991 Gulf War,[27] NAFTA,[28] and the 2000 trade agreement with China that passed the House.[29] Lewis opposed the Clinton administration on NAFTA and welfare reform.[24] After welfare reform passed, Lewis was described as outraged; he said, "Where is the sense of decency? What does it profit a great nation to conquer the world, only to lose its soul?"[30] In 1994, when Clinton was considering invading Haiti, Lewis, in contrast to the Congressional Black Caucus as a whole, opposed armed intervention.[31] When Clinton did send troops to Haiti, Lewis called for supporting the troops and called the intervention a "mission of peace".[32] In 1998, when Clinton was considering a military strike against Iraq, Lewis said he would back the president if American forces were ordered into action.[33] In 2001, three days after the September 11 attacks, Lewis voted to give Bush authority to retaliate in a vote that was 420–1; Lewis called it probably one of his toughest votes.[26] In 2002, he sponsored the Peace Tax Fund bill, a conscientious objection to military taxation initiative that had been reintroduced yearly since 1972.[34] Lewis was a "fierce partisan critic of President Bush" and the Iraq war.[11] The Associated Press said he was "the first major House figure to suggest impeaching George W. Bush," arguing that the president "deliberately, systematically violated the law" in authorizing the National Security Agency to conduct wiretaps without a warrant. Lewis said, "He is not King, he is president."[35]
Lewis draws on his historical involvement in the civil rights movement as part of his politics. He "makes an annual pilgrimage to Alabama to retrace the route he marched in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery – a route Lewis has since had declared part of the Historic National Trails program. That trip has become one of the hottest tickets in Washington among lawmakers, Republican and Democrat, eager to associate themselves with Lewis and the movement. 'We don't deliberately set out to win votes, but it's very helpful,' Lewis said of the trip".[11]
Charges about Tea Party using racial epithets[edit]
In March 2010, a report that Lewis and another black Congressman, Andre Carson, had been called nigger by Tea Party protesters outside the Capitol received media attention.[36][37] Some conservative sources criticized the claim, saying that no video showed up to prove the charges, and the videotapes of the event that later surfaced seemed to in fact disprove them. The New York Times issued a correction in July 2010, acknowledging that there was no evidence of Tea Party members hurling racial epithets at Lewis and Carson. Andrew Breitbart offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who could provide audio or video evidence of one of these instances, but none surfaced.[38]
In March 2003, Lewis spoke to a crowd of 30,000 in Oregon during an anti-war protest before the start of the Iraq War.[39] He was arrested in 2006[40] and 2009 and outside the Sudan embassy in protest against the genocide in Darfur.[41] He was one of eight U.S. Representatives, from six states, arrested while holding a sit-in near the west side of the U.S. Capitol building, to advocate for illegal immigration reform. The lawmakers' participation and subsequent arrest in the protest occurred despite the fact that the 2013 government shutdown was going on at the time.[42]
When Lewis was asked at a news conference whether he would support Joe Lieberman for re-election to the Senate in 2006 after Lieberman's loss to Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary, he simply said that Lieberman "was a good man." That was taken to mean that he endorsed Lieberman in the race. Actually he had been invited to Connecticut by another member of Congress and had made no plan to formally endorse Lieberman.[43] In the 2004 Presidential race, Lewis endorsed Senator John Kerry (Democrat).[44] Lewis was one of 31 House members who voted not to count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.[45]
2008 Presidential election[edit]
At first, Lewis supported Hillary Rodham Clinton, endorsing her presidential campaign on October 12, 2007.[46] On February 14, 2008, however, he announced he was considering withdrawing his support from Clinton and might instead cast his superdelegate vote for Barack Obama: "Something is happening in America and people are prepared and ready to make that great leap."[47] Ben Smith of Politico said that "it would be a seminal moment in the race if John Lewis were to switch sides."[48]
On February 27, 2008, Lewis formally changed his support and endorsed Obama.[49][50] After Obama clinched the Democratic nomination for president, Lewis said "If someone had told me this would be happening now, I would have told them they were crazy, out of their mind, they didn't know what they were talking about ... I just wish the others were around to see this day. ... To the people who were beaten, put in jail, were asked questions they could never answer to register to vote, it's amazing."[51] Despite switching his support to Obama, Lewis' support of Clinton for several months led to criticism from his constituents. One of his challengers in the House primary election set up campaign headquarters inside the building that served as Obama's Georgia office.[52]
In October 2008, Lewis issued a statement criticizing the campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin and accusing them of "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" in a way that brought to mind the late Gov. George Wallace and "another destructive period" in American political history. McCain said he was "saddened" by the criticism from "a man I've always admired", and called on Obama to repudiate Lewis's statement. Obama responded to the statement, saying that he "does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies."[53] Lewis later issued a follow-up statement clarifying that he had not compared McCain and Palin to Wallace himself, but rather that his earlier statement was a "reminder to all Americans that toxic language can lead to destructive behavior."[54]
Occupy Atlanta meeting[edit]
In October 2011, a meeting of Occupy Atlanta participants did not reach consensus to allow Lewis address the crowd. A video clip of protestors discussing the situation, and Lewis leaving without speaking, is published online.[55][56] Lewis said that he was not perturbed by the incident, and noted that "These are different times."[56]
Reflections on the Obama presidency and race relations[edit]
In an interview for the Grio, on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Lewis told a reporter, "We have not yet created a truly multiracial democratic society in America. It's not post-racial." On the an African American being successfully elected president he said:[57]
"If you ask me whether the election ... is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.' There's still too many people 50 years later, there's still too many people that are being left out and left behind."
Election statistics[edit]
A special election was called in 1977 after President Jimmy Carter appointed incumbent U.S. Congressman Andrew Young to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In the Democratic special primary, Lewis and fellow Atlanta City Councilman Wyche Fowler qualified for the run-off primary because no candidate reached the 50% threshold and they were the top two candidates.[14] Fowler defeated Lewis 62%–38%.[15] In 1986, when Fowler retired to run for the United States Senate, Lewis defeated fellow civil rights leader and State Senator Julian Bond in the run-off primary 52%–48%.[17] This upset win[12] was tantamount to election in the heavily Democratic, majority-black 5th District, Lewis won the 1986 general election with 75% of the vote.[18] Lewis was the second African American to represent Georgia in Congress since Reconstruction. (Young was the first.) In 1988, he won re-election with 78% of the vote.[58] In the 1990s, his lowest winning percentage was 69% in 1994. In 2010, he won re-election with 74% of the vote.[59]
Committee assignments[edit]
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Subcommittee on Oversight (Ranking member);
- Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Caucus membership[edit]
- Congressional Black Caucus;
- Co-chair of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Caucus;
- Bipartisan Taskforce on Nonproliferation;
- Congressional Progressive Caucus;
- Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety.
Since 1991, Lewis has been senior chief deputy whip in the Democratic caucus.[citation needed] A December 2009 report on privately financed Congressional travel by The New York Times found Lewis to be recipient of the most trips since 2007, with a total of 40.[60]
Lewis's autobiography, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement was published in 1999. His life is also the subject of a 2002 book for young people, John Lewis: From Freedom Rider to Congressman.
In 2013, Lewis became the first member of Congress to write a graphic novel, March: Book One, the first in a planned autobiographical trilogy co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell.[61]
Personal life[edit]
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Lewis met Lillian Miles at a New Year's Eve party hosted by Xernona Clayton. They married in 1968. Together, they had one son, named John-Miles. Lillian died on December 31, 2012.[62]
Lewis is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[63]
Lewis is honored with the 1997 sculpture by Thornton Dial, The Bridge, at Ponce de Leon Avenue and Freedom Park, Atlanta. Two years later, in 1999, Lewis was awarded the Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan in recognition of his courageous lifelong commitment to the defense of civil and human rights.
In 2001, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded Lewis the Profile in Courage Award "for his extraordinary courage, leadership and commitment to civil rights."[64] It is a lifetime achievement award and has only been given out once.[65] The next year he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.[66]
In 2006, he received the US Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.[67] In September 2007, Lewis was awarded the Dole Leadership Prize from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.[68]
Lewis was the only living speaker from the March on Washington who was present on the stage during the inauguration of Barack Obama. Obama signed a commemorative photograph for Lewis with the words, "Because of you, John. Barack Obama."[69]
On November 17, 2010, Lewis was awarded the First LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award, given to him by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation,[70] and the next year, Lewis was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.[71]
Honorary academic degrees[edit]
In 2007, he was awarded his first honorary LL.D. degree by the University of Vermont. In 2012, he was awarded honorary LL.D. degrees from Brown University, Harvard University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law, and the following year Lewis was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cleveland State University.
Electoral history[edit]
Year | Democratic | Votes | % | Republican | Votes | % | |||
1986 | John Lewis | 93,229 | 75% | Portia Scott | 30,562 | 25% | |||
1988 | John Lewis | 135,194 | 78% | J. W. Tibbs | 37,693 | 22% | |||
1990 | John Lewis | 86,037 | 76% | J. W. Tibbs | 27,781 | 24% | |||
1992 | John Lewis | 147,445 | 72% | Paul Stabler | 56,960 | 28% | |||
1994 | John Lewis | 85,094 | 69% | Dale Dixon | 37,999 | 31% | |||
1996 | John Lewis | 136,555 | 100% | No candidate | |||||
1998 | John Lewis | 109,177 | 79% | John H. Lewis | 29,877 | 21% | |||
2000 | John Lewis | 137,333 | 77% | Hank Schwab | 40,606 | 23% | |||
2002 | John Lewis | 116,259 | 100% | No candidate | |||||
2004 | John Lewis | 201,773 | 100% | No candidate | |||||
2006 | John Lewis | 122,380 | 100% | No candidate | |||||
2008 | John Lewis | 231,368 | 100% | No candidate | |||||
2010 | John Lewis | 130,782 | 74% | Fenn Little | 46,622 | 26% | |||
2012 | John Lewis | 234,330 | 84% | Howard Stopeck | 43,335 | 16% |
See also[edit]
- ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, PBS, March 25, 2012
- ^ a b Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963–1973, Part Two Carson, Clayborne, Garrow, David, Kovach, Polsgrove, Carol (Editorial Advisory Board), (Library of America: February 2003) ISBN=978-1-931082-29-7 pp. 15–16, 48, 56, 84, 323, 374, 384, 392, 491–94, 503, 505, 513, 556, 726, 751, 846, 873
- ^ John Lewis (1998). Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 7. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "The Sixties". Junior Scholastic. February 11, 1994. p. 6.
- ^ a b "My Name Is Freedom Albany, Georgia" (reprint). You Can't Be Neutral on A Moving Train. Boston: Beacon Press.
- ^ "The Freedom Riders, Then and Now". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "Civil Rights Timeline". CNN. January 31, 2006.
- ^ Minor, Bill. "New law meant to eliminate existing 'donut hole'." Desoto Times Tribune. Friday April 2, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ "Once Race Riot Enemies, Now Friends". ABC News. February 6, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ "Man Asks Entire Town for Forgiveness for Racism". ABCnews.go. February 6, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e John Lewis: 'Conscience' carries clout: Civil rights icon's moral authority enhanced: [Main Edition] Kemper, Bob. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, Ga] May 21, 2006: .1.
- ^ a b c d "Drugs offer theme for politics in 1986": Gailey, Phil. Houston Chronicle [Houston, Tex] Sep 9, 1986: 2.
- ^ Lewis, Walking with the Wind, pp. 446–451.
- ^ a b "GA District 5 – Special Election Primary Race – Mar 15, 1977". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "GA District 5 – Special Election Race – Apr 05, 1977". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "GA District 5 – D Primary Race – Aug 12, 1986". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "GA District 5 – D Runoff Race – Sep 02, 1986". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "GA District 5 Race – Nov 04, 1986". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "GA District 5 Race – Nov 08, 1994". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "GA District 5 – D Primary Race – Jul 21, 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "GA District 5 – D Primary Race – Jul 15, 2008". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "Issues 2000 Lewis". Issues2000.
- ^ "GovTrack Lewis". GovTrack.
- ^ a b c d "Nonviolent Fighter; John Lewis Retraces the Route That Led to the Future": Carlson, Peter. The Washington Post [Washington, D.C] June 9, 1998: 01.
- ^ Smith, Asher (April 21, 2008). "The Tuesday Ten: An Interview with Rep. John Lewis". The Emory Wheel.
- ^ a b Melanie Eversley (October 7, 2001). "Congress using religious compass in decisions". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 7.
- ^ Mike Christensen (January 11, 1991). "Mideast Trip Strengthens Georgia Lawmakers' Resolve". The Atlanta Constitution. p. A7.
- ^ Colin Campbell (February 19, 1998). "Tour labors in opposition to NAFTA". The Atlanta Constitution. p. F02.
- ^ Eric Schmitt and Joseph Kahn (May 25, 2000). "The China trade vote: A Clinton triumph; House, in 237–197 vote, approves normal trade rights for China". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Social programs: world report. The wreck of the gravy train": Canada and the World Backgrounder 62. 2 (Oct1996): 3–34.
- ^ Sharon Schmickle (September 16, 1994). "President faces strong opposition in Congress". Star Tribune. p. 1.
- ^ "Shared power, foreign policy, and Haiti, 1994. Public memories of war and race". Goodnight, G. Thomas; Olson, Kathryn M.; Rhetoric & Public Affairs 9. 4 (Winter 2006): 601–634.
- ^ Mark Sherman (February 12, 1998). "Georgia delegation divided on strategy; Some back force, others doubt military action is a real solution". The Atlanta Constitution. p. A14.
- ^ Felicia R. Lee (August 3, 2002). "War Resisters: 'We Won't Go' To 'We Won't Pay'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ^ Vanden Heuvel, Katrina (January 2, 2006). "The I-Word is Gaining Ground-UPDATED". The Nation.
- ^ Kane, Paul (March 20, 2010). "'Tea party' protesters accused of spitting on lawmaker, using slurs". The Washington Post.
- ^ Stein, Sam (May 20, 2010). "Tea Party Protests: 'Ni**er,' 'Fa**ot' Shouted At Members Of Congress". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "Correction Request: Tommy Christopher, Mediaite". Breitbart.
- ^ "Tens of Thousands March Against Iraq War" Lichtblau, Eric. New York Times [New York, N.Y] Mar 16, 2003: 1.15.
- ^ "Lewis, 6 other lawmakers arrested in embassy protest": Kemper, Bob. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [Atlanta, Ga] May 17, 2006: p. 3.
- ^ "U.S. lawmakers arrested in Darfur protests at Sudan embassy". CNN. April 27, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
- ^ "Democratic lawmakers arrested during immigration protest - NBC Politics". Nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ Haigh, Susan (July 10, 2006). "Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate". The Boston Globe (Associated Press).
- ^ Rep. Lewis Welcomes Kerry's Showing All Things Considered March 2, 2004.
- ^ "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 7". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. January 6, 2005.
- ^ "Rep. Lewis endorses Clinton". CNN Political Ticker. October 12, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Zeleny, Jeff and Patrick Healy (February 15, 2008). "Black Leader, a Clinton Ally, Tilts to Obama". The New York Times. "Representative John Lewis said he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at the Democratic convention."
- ^ Ben Smith (15 February 2008). "Awaiting Lewis". Politico. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Civil rights leader John Lewis switches to Obama" (from the Associate Press). Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2008. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2008. "The Georgia congressman, who had previously endorsed Clinton, says he wants 'to be on the side of the people.'"
- ^ "Lewis switches from Clinton to Obama". CNN Political Ticker. February 27, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Hearn, Josephine Hearn (June 4, 2008). "Black lawmakers emotional about Obama's success". Politico.com.
- ^ Hernandez, Raymond (July 1, 2008). "A New Campaign Charge: You Supported Clinton". New York Times.
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (October 12, 2008). "Congressman Rebukes McCain for Recent Rallies". The New York Times.
- ^ "John McCain equal to George Wallace? Barack Obama says 'no,' and John Lewis says he's been misunderstood". October 11, 2008.
- ^ Mandell, Nina (October 10, 2011). "Occupy Atlanta offshoot of Wall Street protest denies Rep. John Lewis chance to speak at gathering". NY Daily News.
- ^ a b Jennifer Brett (October 10, 2011). "John Lewis not miffed by 'occupy Atlanta' dis". The Buzz. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Carter, Lauren, "Rep. John Lewis reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Our Time Press 18, no. 34, Aug. 22-28, 2013, p. 3.
- ^ "GA District 5 Race – Nov 08, 1988". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ "GA – District 05 Race – Nov 02, 2010". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ Aigner, Erin; Schoenfeld/, Amy (December 7, 2009). "Congressional Trips on the Corporate Dime". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
- ^ "Rep. John Lewis to write, star in graphic novel". The Hill. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Daniel Malloy (2012-12-31). "Rep. John Lewis' wife, Lillian, dies". Blogs.ajc.com. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "President Clinton Inducted Into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity". Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "John Lewis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ Carter, Lauren, Our Time Press, p. 3.
- ^ NAACP Spingarn Medal
- ^ {{cite He was a good man web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national |title=National Winners | public service awards |publisher=Jefferson Awards.org |date= |accessdate=2013-11-09}}
- ^ "Civil Rights Movement Pioneer to receive Dole Leadership Prize". September 26, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
- ^ Remnick, David (February 2, 2009). "The President's Hero". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Rep. John Lewis Honored as Civil Rights Champion with First LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award". Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Goldman, Julianna (February 15, 2011). "Obama Honors Buffett, George H.W. Bush With Medal of Freedom". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
- ^ "Election Results". Federal Election Commission.
- ^ "General Election -- November 6, 2012". Secretary of State of Georgia. November 21, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963–1973 (Library of America: 2003) ISBN 1-931082-29-4
- Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis with Mike D'Orso, (Harvest Books: 1999) ISBN 0-15-600708-8. The U.S. Congressman tells of life in the trenches of the Civil Rights movement, the numerous arrests, sit-ins, and marches that led to breaking down the barriers of discrimination in the South during the 1950s and 1960s.
- John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson, illustrated by Benny Andrews, (Lee & Low Books: 2006) ISBN 978-1-58430-250-6. A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- John Lewis: From Freedom Rider to Congressman by Christine M. Hill, (Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2002) ISBN 0-7660-1768-0. A biography of John Lewis written for juvenile readers.
- Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum, (National Geographic Society, 2006) ISBN 0-7922-4173-8.
- Across That Bridge by John Lewis with Brenda Jones, (Hyperion: 2012) ISBN 978-1-4013-2411-7.
- March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, (Top Shelf Productions: 2013) ISBN 978-1-60309-300-2.
Further reading[edit]
- Oral History Interview with John Lewis from Oral Histories of the American South, November 20, 1973
- Booknotes interview with Lewis on Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, July 12, 1998
- "SNCC- People: John Lewis.", Apr 11, 2011
- "Congressman John R Lewis." www.achievement.org. Apr 11, 2011
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Lewis (American politician). |
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: John Lewis (politician) |
- Congressman John Lewis official U.S. House site
- John Lewis for Congress
- John Lewis on the Open Directory Project
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
- John Lewis debates the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), June 11, 1996.
- Rep. Lewis on Congress, Gitmo, Afghan War and Charles Rangel – video interview by Democracy Now!, November 17, 2010
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Lewis, August 5, 2012
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It was an oversight on my part - in Adam's case the account is being used as his personal. By 'no brands' what I really meant was no @Ford or @TKCarsitesInc or anything like that, but Adam is clearly the representation of his brand but acting as an individual and should be on this list.
Respectfully, Ralph - there are others on this list who are in the same boat as me - they ARE their company brand... @askpatty @vlautomarketing @velocitysales, @usedcarricky, @imacsweb, @myersauto and others. I am probably making a bigger deal out of this than it deserves, but I can't see the difference between what I'm doing and these other folks, other than that my first and last name on Twitter and Klout formed the company name not my individual name (which I just changed in both places to reflect my real name).
Inf_prospects is the only auto biz twitter handle I use. Instagram and Foursquare comes from directly from my cell phone every time. You have never seen anyone else besides me post as Infinite, and my personal FB account, personal LinkedIn account, and personal G+ accounts are the ones tied to Klout, not my company pages. How about now?
Adam Ross - That is the Klout score for "Infinite Prospects" and as J.D. Rucker clearly points out: "No brands or companies were included. We only went after individuals in the automotive industry."
I'd like to throw my name onto the list... http://klout.com/#/inf_prospects/
Michael Correra - I have used my editorial license to add you into the list... :-)
Ouch.... perhaps I am not as relevant as I thought I was after all... well, I guess we all think a lil higher of ourselves than others do :)
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About: Ryan Legg
I am an MBA student at the Johnson School with an interest in entrepreneurship and the clean technology industry. Prior to Johnson, I worked as a program manager at the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise to build programs to help companies assess and capitalize on new market opportunities in renewable energy. My experience includes providing recommendations for investment energy, competitive intelligence and analysis, and carbon markets assessments. I am the Chair of the 2009 Net Impact Conference, and active in the Renewable Energy Affinity Group.
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singi... Continue Bio >>
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