John Lewis | Watching America

Cuba: If You Were Still Doubting Trump’s Racism …

Robin Koerner - August 6, 2020. Published in Juventud Rebelde

The 19th, 20th and 21st centuries of American history have gone by and they don’t seem to be too distant from the obvious structural racism currently at play in the nation.

Canada: The Double Threat African Americans Have Had To Contend With

Rejeanne Lacroix - August 3, 2020. Published in National Post

U.K.: The Observer View on Trump’s Tawdry Attempt To Subvert American Democracy

Lalatendu Das - August 3, 2020. Published in The Guardian

The president must answer as millions face unemployment and 150,000 are dead from COVID-19.

Canada: The Distance Come, and the Progress Made: Remembering John Lewis

Rejeanne Lacroix - July 23, 2020. Published in Globe and Mail

Canada: John Lewis, a Tribune of the Struggle for Equal Rights

Rejeanne Lacroix - July 21, 2020. Published in Ottawa Citizen

He was a secular saint. A singular presence in our lives.

Netherlands: Black Hero Threatens Not to Vote for Hillary

Robin Koerner - February 24, 2008. Published in Elsevier

"When Lewis on that summer day more than 40 years ago in Selma let himself be beaten up, it was, among other reasons, because the day would come (then, unbelievably far away) when a "negro" would have a good chance to become president of the United States. That day has now arrived. "

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