Students and staff, of the now named John R. Lewis High School, celebrated the school renaming and dedicated themselves to aspiring to the life model of “becoming John R. Lewis” during the April 23 rededication ceremony held in the Springfield school’
John Lewis was an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and for leading the landmark Selma March in 1965. In 1986 he was elected to a Georgia district that includes At
John Robert Lewis, (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020)[2]born in Troy, Alabama, was a liberal Democrat Congressman fromGeorgia's 5th congressional district in theU.S. House of Representatives. Lewis gained national fame as a leader of theCivil Rights Movementin the 1960s, playing prominen...
John Lewis statue unveiled in Georgia A statue of the late civil rights icon and former representative was unveiled in Decatur, Georgia, at the spot of a former Confederate monument. August 25, 2024 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams ...
Black church leaders in Georgia have organized rallies in a push to get their congregants to vote — part of a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls.” October 31, 2022 Bill to name Atlanta post office for John Lewis close to law ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to name Atlanta...
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
A Virginia high school named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be renamed to honor the late US Rep. John Lewis, effective this fall, the local school board said Thursday.
It’s how congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, told 16-year-old Charlotte Potes she should describe her pull toward activism to her skeptical parents. It was also how every one of us on last weekend’s remarkable civil rights pilgrimage felt: touched by the...
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Remembering John Lewis Honoring John Lewis: A funeral service was held for the late civil rights icon in Atlanta. He served as the US representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District for more than three decades. Four presidents: Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy at the ...