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ACTION: Honoring a civil rights icon
Company salutes John Lewis
through ad campaign
Our business was better off due to late
Congressman’s counsel and engagement
Southern Company published
multiple advertisements in national
publications and websites honoring
the late Congressman and civil rights
leader John Lewis last summer.
It featured a photo of Lewis along
with the headline, “We honor your
legacy. We will keep marching.” Ad
shown on right.
The ads were published in political
newspapers, The Hill, Politico and in
The Washington Times as well as The
Hill, The Washington Post and Axios
websites. Ads also published in local
media in Georgia and Alabama.
Lewis, 80, died in July after a battle
with pancreatic cancer. He started
working for civil rights at a young age,
speaking at the March on Washington
in 1963 and leading the Bloody
Sunday march in Selma in 1965. He
would go on to serve in President
Jimmy Carter’s administration, on the
Atlanta City Council and represent
Georgia’s 5th Congressional District,
which includes most of Atlanta, for
more than 30 years.
During his time in Washington, he
often was called “the conscience of
Congress” due to his sense of justice.
At Southern Company, our business is
better off because of John Lewis. On
numerous occasions, his counsel and
engagement amplified our business
and community efforts to the benefit
of all customers.
We honor your legacy.
We will keep marching.
Remembering Congressman John Lewis
1940–2020
“We are saddened by the passing of
a national treasure, patriot and friend.
We will remember what Rep. John
Lewis taught us during his lifelong
fight for racial equality, human rights
and social justice using non-violent,
peaceful means,” said Southern
Company chairman, president and CEO
Tom Fanning after learning of Lewis'
death. “We must apply these lessons,
take action and keep marching in
support of equality and fairness for all.”
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