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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.
Apr 3, 2014 · Best Known For: One of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, John Lewis continued to fight for people's rights since joining Congress in 1987.
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Jul 18, 2020 · 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 and celebrated career in Congress, died.
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.
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...
Jul 19, 2020 · The governors of New Jersey and New York paid tribute today to civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis who died after a battle with cancer. “John Lewis was an activist, a statesman, and a...
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 ...
Jul 18, 2020 · Tributes poured in from across the nation on Saturday for John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died Friday at the age of 80. Lewis rose to prominence as a young civil rights activist who...
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.
