ATLANTA — While the world continues to grapple with the loss of civil rights titan Rep. John Lewis, the work turns to celebrate his life and legacy. Lewis' family released details of the Celebration ...
On March 7, 1965, young civil rights leader John Lewis led hundreds of peaceful marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...
In “John Lewis: A Life,” David Greenberg recounts how the late Democratic congressman reacted after Republicans scored a landslide victory in the 1994 election. A staffer hoped Lewis would buoy her ...
What an extraordinary life John Lewis lived. And how much he gave to us all. Anyone with a sense of American history knows the highlights. Lewis was born in 1940 as one of 10 children of Alabama ...
John Lewis grew up in an Alabama family so poor that he and his young cousins once had to shuttle from room to room, acting as “ballast” to keep their aunt’s house from blowing away in a windstorm.
ATLANTA — A new biography of John Lewis promises a “comprehensive, authoritative” look back at the life of the Civil Rights leader and congressman. Lewis represented Georgia’s 5th District in the ...
In John Lewis: A Life, David Greenberg recounts how the late Democratic congressman reacted after Republicans scored a landslide victory in the 1994 election. A staffer hoped Lewis would buoy her ...