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 ...
John Lewis fought for the vote and for equality by making good trouble. Let these John Lewis quotes inspire you to make a ...
Tens of thousands of people are expected to turn out across the country this week to protest President Donald Trump's administration and to honor the legacy of one of the nation's most enduring ...
Demonstrations opposing President Donald Trump's administration continue across the country. On July 17, the demonstrations will not only protest Trump's policies but also honor the legacy of civil ...
WASHINGTON ‒ One by one, members of the Congressional Black Caucus honored the legacy of the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, July 14, reading the works of the civil rights icon and vowing to also get ...
In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S. representative. John Lewis during a sit-in in Nashville in 1964.Credit...Danny ...
Lewis, a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., battled pancreatic cancer. Rep. John Robert Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and civil rights icon, died Friday. He was 80 years old. Lewis passed seven ...
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 ...