Civil rights activist and former Representative John Lewis was honored during a memorial service at the US Capitol.

Some of the deeper issues he identified include black-on-black violence and out-of-wedlock births, resulting in single-parent households.

An effort is underway to honor the late John Lewis by naming the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where Lewis was beaten in a civil rights march, after him.

John Lewis' career in public service spanned nearly 60 years. He was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists.

Vivian began staging sit-ins against segregation in Peoria, Illinois, in the 1940s - years before lunch-counter protests made national news.

'The Party of Slavery, KKK, Jim Crow and Segregation should change their name.'

The actor and social activist was elected as the NRA's president in 1998 and served in the position through 2003.

America is not systemically racist. Rather, it is the greatest bastion of liberty in the history of the world.

Black and white religious leaders in Mississippi on Thursday called the flag 'a major source of disagreement and discontent.'

A town hall meeting is reportedly scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the incident and what steps might come next.