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John Lewis speaks on a House resolution celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Recorded January 21, 2009. John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
Jun 28, 2024 · John Lewis, American civil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and for leading the landmark Selma March in 1965. In 1986 he began representing a Georgia district that includes Atlanta in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jul 17, 2020 · Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle of nonviolence who was bloodied at Selma and across the Jim Crow South in the historic struggle for racial equality, and who...
Jul 18, 2020 · ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long...
Jul 30, 2020 · Rep. John Lewis’ funeral is being held in Atlanta today, and Former President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy. Follow here for the latest.
Jul 19, 2020 · Congressman John Lewis passed away Friday night, according to a statement from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. He was 80 years old.
Jul 18, 2020 · Lawmakers from across the political spectrum remembered Rep. John Lewis as a man who embodied the best of American ideals and a stalwart champion for civil rights.
Jul 30, 2020 · All Things Considered reflects on the life and contributions of the civil rights icon John Lewis as he is laid to rest in Atlanta.
Dec 5, 2023 · An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed.
