Representative John Lewis Says Nation Must Deal with Racism
Speaking at a news conference in the wake of the killing of five police officers in Dallas and two African Americans in separate incidents i… read more
Speaking at a news conference in the wake of the killing of five police officers in Dallas and two African Americans in separate incidents in St. Paul and Baton Rouge, the Georgia congressman says the nation must confront racism. "Sometimes I want to believe we have made much more progress...then I think sometimes we're sliding back...We cannot sweep it under the rug in some dark corner. We have to deal with it." close
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- G.K. Butterfield U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
- John Conyers Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
- Al Green U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Hakeem Jeffries U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Robin Kelly U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- John Lewis U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
- Cedric Richmond U.S. Representative [D] Louisiana
- Marc Veasey U.S. Representative [D] Texas
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