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.
Roll Call magazine. Often called "one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced," John Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting
Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis joined the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Lewis was a Freedom Rider, spoke at 1963's March on Washington ...
16 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
John Lewis, American civil rights leader and politician best known for his ... Alabama, in 1965, a landmark event in the history of the civil rights movement that ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights era and a longtime member of Congress from Georgia, has died.
1 day ago - John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
19 hours ago - Two towering figures of the American civil rights movement died Friday ... Presidential historian talks about legacy John Lewis is leaving behind.
9 hours ago - Called one of the most courageous activists the Civil Rights Movement ever produced, he dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties
1 day ago - John Lewis — an icon of the civil rights movement, congressman and, for decades, a force in Democratic politics — died at age 80 on Friday.
20 hours ago - John Lewis, an Alabama sharecropper's son who went on to be a hero of the civil rights movement and a congressman, died on Friday at 80.
1 day ago - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat whose career spanned the civil rights era and was an American icon, has died. He was 80.
11 hours ago - Lewis rose to fame as a leader of the modern-day American civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. At 23, he worked closely with the ...
14 hours ago - "John Lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation," said Speaker of the House ...
1 day ago - You've talked about the importance of telling the story [of the civil rights movement] over and over again, and how it affects the people who hear it.
1 day ago - Civil rights movement. John Lewis, US civil rights hero and Democratic congressman, dies at 80. Lewis helped Martin Luther King organise the ...
Congressman John Lewis has dedicated his life to the non-violent struggle ... of the Civil Rights Movement's "Big Six," leaders which included Whitney Young, ...
23 hours ago - US lawmaker John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the US House of Representatives, has died, House ...
Often called “one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced,” John Lewis dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing ...
16 hours ago - John Lewis, who has died at the age of 80, was considered one of the last living icons of the United States civil rights movement of the 1960s, ...
18 hours ago - “Today, we lost a giant of the civil rights movement and a relentless champion in the struggle for justice,” Joe Biden wrote on Twitter. On Saturday ...
15 hours ago - Lewis began participating in bus boycotts, sit-ins, and demonstrations, had his first meetings with key figures in the civil rights movement like ...
Described as "One of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced," John Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, ...
17 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
1 day ago - Lewis' central role in the civil rights movement put an end to his pulpit dreams. But his moral clarity and unwavering commitment to nonviolence ...
1 day ago - Rep. John Lewis, who 'risked his life and his blood' as a giant of the civil rights movement, dies of cancer at 80. Tom Vanden Brook Deborah ...
11 hours ago - John Lewis, a civil rights and congressional leader, died at the age of ... said of his work with the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King ...
16 hours ago - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who battled on the front lines of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and then spent three decades “as the Conscience ...
1 day ago - The Alabama native was born the son of sharecroppers and his civil rights fight began with a petition to desegregate the Troy public library.
23 hours ago - John Lewis, the civil rights hero and US Democratic congressman, has died at the age of 80. The family of John Lewis has released a ...
14 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, who died on Friday at age 80, was a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s who endured beatings by white police and ...
19 hours ago - John Lewis, the 58-year-old black Atlanta congressman who is an authentic hero of the civil rights movement, was speaking Thursday morning ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, the champion of civil rights for Black Americans whose ... with Dr. King at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
1 day ago - Georgia congressman John Lewis dead at 80Lewis was a driving force of courage and determination in the civil rights movement. Rep.
1 day ago - Lewis, who served in Congress for over 30 years, was a leader of the civil rights movement and had his skull fractured by Alabama troopers on ...
1 day ago - Martin Luther King Jr., and the leader of the nascent civil rights movement accepted Lewis' offer to help in the struggle. King sent him a bus ...
1 day ago - Congressman Lewis was a towering figure of the civil rights movement, and later became known as the “conscience of congress” for his ...
ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
1 day ago - Rep John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement and later US congressman, has died at the age of 80. Lewis was one of the "Big Six" civil ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies ... congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, died Friday.
1 day ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
1 day ago - (WBNG) -- United States Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon, died on Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. In December of 2019, ...
1 day ago - Often called “one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced,” John Lewis dedicated his life to protecting human ...
16 hours ago - Lewis was a lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in ... that civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis died at the age of 80.
Cobb, Jr., This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016). James Forman, The ...
20 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
19 hours ago - John Lewis — an icon of the civil rights movement, congressman and for decades a force in Democratic politics — has died at age 80. Lewis died ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington and became a 17-term United States ...
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
Often called "one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced," John Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, ...
By age 23, John Lewis was already recognized as one of the principal leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement, along with Martin Luther King, Jr. The son ...
17 hours ago - John Lewis, a central figure of the civil rights era who went on to a long career as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died Friday ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, a leading figure of the civil rights movement who endured brutal beatings as he led non-violent protests to end racial segregation ...
21 hours ago - Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a former leading civil rights activist and symbol of the movement in the House of Representatives during his 33 year ...
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
11 hours ago - A member of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inner circle during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and one of the longest-serving representatives ...
19 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
6 hours ago - As a teenager, he joined the civil rights movement after being recruited by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He died at a time when the country is in ...
12 hours ago - WASHINGTON — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he ...
21 hours ago - Civil rights activist and longtime Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has died
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) – John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of ...
21 hours ago - Civil rights activist and longtime Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has died
20 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
19 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
20 hours ago - John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from ... Lewis was a lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in ...
1 day ago - ATLANTA — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
20 hours ago - Updated at 7:00 a.m. ET John Lewis — an icon of the civil rights movement, congressman and for decades a force in Democratic politics — has ...
12 hours ago - People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid ...
18 hours ago - John Lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement, and he leaves an enduring legacy that will never be forgotten. We hold his family in our ...
18 hours ago - UPDATE: Rep. John Lewis, lion of the civil rights movement, dies at 80. The '
17 hours ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
21 hours ago - The Democratic politician served in the U.S. House of Represtives for over 30 years and played a major role during the Civil Rights Movement in ...
21 hours ago - Civil rights activist and longtime Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has died
The Freedom Rides were a critical moment in Lewis' career, but they were not his first or last demonstration during the Civil Rights Movement. Lewis organized ...
12 hours ago - “This feels and looks so different,” he said of the Black Lives Matter movement. “It is so much more massive and all inclusive.” He added, “There ...
20 hours ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by ... Lewis was a lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in ...
18 hours ago - Today we mourn the loss of Congressman John Lewis, a towering figure in the civil rights movement. We were fortunate to have the ...
1 day ago - John Lewis helped organise marches and spoke alongside Martin Luther King Jr during the civil rights movement in the 1960s; He joined the ...
1 day ago - John R. Lewis was an organizer of the March on Washington in 1963, a seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement that led to the passage ...
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
1 day ago - Congressman John Lewis, a giant in the civil rights movement, died on Friday, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Speaker of ...
1 day ago - John Lewis forged his legacy as a champion for civil rights and racial ... Lewis remained an important figure in the civil rights movement, ...
2 hours ago - The protests have drawn parallels to the civil rights movement of the 1960s that Lewis helped organize. A legacy of 'fighting'. Activists are also ...
1 day ago - Representative John Lewis -- a lion of the Civil Rights Movement -- passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) – John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
1 day ago - As a young man, Lewis decided to join the Civil Rights Movement after listening to the Montgomery Bus Boycott on the radio, and being inspired ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
1 day ago - “John Lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation – from the determination with ...
1 day ago - John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
1 day ago - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize ...
1 day ago - 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 ...
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