a biographer is looking back on the life and career of civil rights activist and Georgia Representative John Lewis. According to a press release from Simon & Schuster, Rutgers University history ...

Lewis’ central role in the civil rights movement put an end to his pulpit ... sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones said in a written ...

Rep. John Lewis, a longtime congressman and renowned civil rights activist, has died. He was 80. The politician died on Friday, according to multiple reports. A senior Democratic official ...

Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Gayle King and Brad Pitt to Host John Lewis Tribute on CBS Lewis, who died from pancreatic cancer at age 80, was a key figure during the civil rights movement and the ...

to be exact when a group of anti-segregation demonstrators led by Civil Rights activist John Lewis staged a "Freedom March" through the streets of downtown Nashville protesting the refusal of ...

The power went right to my head, and I began by assigning myself to introduce John Lewis, the congressman from Georgia who was an icon of the civil rights movement. Somehow the many higher-ups who ...