Congressional Gold Medal
Rev. James Lawson, nonviolence advocate, recommended for Congressional Gold Medal
By Adelle M. Banks — November 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'Nonviolence is the force that can save our nation from itself,' Lawson said at a congressional reception announcing plans to honor him.
Minister accepts congressional medal for civil rights marchers
By Adelle M. Banks — February 25, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Rev. Frederick D. Reese said God enabled the civil rights leaders to endure beatings as they worked for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Birmingham church bombing recalled with donation, medal
By Adelle M. Banks — September 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Fifty years after a KKK bombing at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., shook hopes for a colorblind country, the four girls who died are getting their due.
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