Published 04.30.08

Creative Loafing 

By Thomas Wheatley

Lost in last week's headlines about office amore and sexual harassment investigations at the DOT was a unanimous vote by the agency's board to once again get to work on the long-delayed Atlanta-Lovejoy commuter rail line.

Lewis: Boycott Olympics opening ceremonies

By JEFF SCHULTZ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/09/08

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, no stranger to protests and boycotts during his career, has joined the growing list of those seeking at least a partial boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

By ALLEN G. BREED
AP National Writer

The preacher in him would have continued speaking out against injustice, war and maybe even pop culture. He would likely not have run for president. He probably would have endured more harassment from J. Edgar Hoover.

Rep. John Lewis calls for action to realize King vision
Nonviolence remains a dream 40 years later

By BOB DEANS
Cox Washington Bureau
Published on: 03/31/08

Washington — U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) called on the nation Sunday to honor the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by abandoning violence and racial bitterness in favor of peace and reconciliation.

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) marks the 40th anniversary of the final sermon by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday by preaching from the same pulpit and discussing the issues of faith and civil rights in a forum at Washington National Cathedral that is being co-sponsored by Politico.

Lewis, himself an icon of the civil rights movement and the former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, will focus on King’s last Sunday sermon, titled “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” King, speaking to an overflow crowd at the Cathedral of more then 3,000 people, used the story of Rip Van Winkle as a metaphor for how Americans were remaining oblivious to the sweeping changes that were redefining their society.

King was assassinated in Memphis four days later and was memorialized at the Cathedral on April 5, 1968 — just five days after preaching from the great church’s pulpit.

The sermon is to begin at 11:15 a.m. and will be preceded, from 10 to 10:50 a.m., by a question-and-answer session between Lewis and Cathedral Dean Sam Lloyd. The event is part of the Cathedral’s regular Sunday Forum series, in which a public conversation is held in the main part of the church between Sunday services. Audience members — both in-person and online — may submit questions.

A live stream of the forum as well as the sermon is available here.

The Cathedral and Politico will be joining forces for additional forums in the fall that will further explore the intersection of the worlds of faith and politics as well as the impact that issues of spirituality are having in the 2008 presidential race.

John Lewis: "I felt like I lost a friend, colleague and big brother."

By Jim Auchmutey, Ernie Suggs, Ryon Horne, Pouya Dianat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was in Indianapolis campaigning with Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.

OUR OPINIONS: Lewis' help will be right at home

By Mike King
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/26/08

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, whose name is synonymous with government efforts to help the poor, has offered to mediate the concerns expressed by public housing tenants about the continued demolition of Atlanta's remaining public housing complexes.

Aided by Rep. Lewis, 2 sides to meet in housing flap

By ERIC STIRGUS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/25/08

U.S. Rep. John Lewis is hoping to play mediator between the Atlanta Housing Authority officials and tenant leaders.

A look at the legacy of Dr. King's ideals

Rep. Lewis 'disappointed' governors skipped water hearing
By Bob Kemper
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/12/08

Rep. John Lewis lashed out at Gov. Sonny Perdue and his Alabama and Florida counterparts Tuesday for failing to show up at a congressional hearing into the 40-year dispute among the states over shared water supplies.