He compared Lewis' "mission to change America" to John the Baptist's preaching and Old Testament prophets "speaking truth to kings." Obama then put the spotlight on today's politics, alluding to the ...

*Rep. John Lewis was “forceful vision of freedom,” said former President Barack Obama in the eulogy he gave at the Democratic congressman and civil rights activist’s funeral on Thursday. The funeral ...

After several days of public memorials in Alabama and Washington, D.C., a funeral service for Rep. John Lewis took place in the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The same church that was ...

Below is the full transcript of Obama's eulogy for Rep. Lewis as delivered on July 29 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta: James wrote to the believers, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and ...