John Lewiswas a civil rights leader, activist, and congressman admired for his courage and unwavering fight for justice. As a young man, Lewis was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so much that he decided to join the fight for civil rights and voting rights. Instead of engaging in ...
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon
Georgia congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis was a guest speaker at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Tuesday, where he touted his new graphic novel and talked one-on-one with CEO Tim Cook in a closed door meeting. Rep. Lewis stopped by Apple as part ...
Among the comic book’s early readers was an 18-year-old student activist named John Lewis. Lewis received a copy while attending a 1958 Nashville workshop to prepare for the freedom rides, lunch counter sit-ins and other nonviolent protests. The civil rights pioneer went on to share the da...
It was not what John Lewis said but what he did that changed America. An activist from his teen years when he heard Martin Luther King on the radio, he was arrested more than 40 times, beaten and severely injured as he took part in sit-ins at segregated southern restaurants and...
61. “Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.”–John Lewis 62. “Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be tr...
John Lewis—the man who coined the term “good trouble”—was a pillar for social justice and a staunch advocate for nonviolent civil rights demonstrations. Lewis was arrested multiple times in the Jim Crow South for organizing sit-ins at segregated lunch counters and participating in the 1961 ...
Relates the experience of civil rights activist John Lewis in leading several marchers from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Concerns over the effects of increasing taxes on various businesses; Appeal of the activist for federal protection; Details on the provisions of the Voting Rights Act.EBSCO_Asp...
Justin and Congressman John Lewis, while interning in Washington DC, 2016 Justin Jones, a young Black and Filipino activist, reached out to me in late 2019, asking if I could help him lament the harm caused by anti-Black attitudes in the Filipino communities he grew up in. He wanted to ...