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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › John-Lewis-AmericanJohn Lewis | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica

    May 3, 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.

  4. www.cnn.com › politics › live-newsLive updates: John Lewis' funeral - CNN

    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.

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  5. www.cnn.com › us › live-newsFast facts about John Lewis - CNN

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    Birth date:February 21, 1940 Birth place:Troy, Alabama Birth name:John Robert Lewis Father: Eddie Lewis, sharecropper Mother: Willie Mae (Carter) Lewis Marriage:Lillian Miles Lewis (December 21, 1968-December 31, 2012, her death) Children:John Miles Education: American Baptist Theological Seminary, B.A., 1961; Fisk University, B.A., 1967 Religion: ...

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    Lewis' skull was fractured in 1965 during an attempted voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama. By his own count, Lewis was arrested more than 40 times during his days of civil rights activis.

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    1959-1960: Organizes student sit-in demonstrations in the Nashville area. May 1961: Volunteers as a Freedom Rider, challenging bus and rail segregation laws. 1963-1966: Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. August 28, 1963: Keynote speaker at the March on Washington. March 7, 1965:Helps organize a voting rights march from Selma...

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  6. www.nytimes.com › 2020/07/17 › usJohn Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80

    Jul 17, 2020 · John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80. Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He was later called the ...

  7. www.pbs.org › newshour › politicsJohn Lewis, civil rights icon and congressman, dies at 80 - PBS

    Jul 18, 2020 · Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He was best known for leading 600 protesters in the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across the...

  8. edition.cnn.com › politics › live-newsJohn Lewis' 12-year-old friend pays tribute to the late ...

    Jul 30, 2020 · A 12-year-old boy John Lewis befriended two years ago read the late congressman's favorite poem at his service today.

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