John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones ... but he chose to make Atlanta his home and designated people from the civil rights movement as family. By 1965, the isolation Lewis felt in Troy ...

John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ... "The world has lost a legend; the civil rights movement has lost an icon, the City of Atlanta has lost one of its most fearless leaders, and ...

Longtime Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has died after a battle with ... In a 1998 interview with NPR, Lewis described being attracted to the movement as a teenager when he first ...

John Lewis: A Life' will look back on the late ... Lewis also published a memoir reflecting on his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement: Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement.

He would not normalize a moment like this,” Booker said of Lewis' work as a young activist during the Civil Rights movement. “He would not just ... Lewis' message would be if he were alive today.

Property owners unexpectedly painted over multiple murals on University Laundry in Des Moines to prep the building for sale, ...

Sen. Cory Booker started and finished his record-breaking speech protesting the Trump administration's aggressive policy ...

Civil rights leader Fred Gray called for a second civil rights movement to address ongoing injustices faced by Black Americans. He urged continued action, echoing the late Congressman John Lewis ...

Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian’s thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

The son of Alabama sharecroppers, John Lewis became a major leader in the civil rights movement, and later a representative from Georgia in the U.S. Congress, where he still serves. He ...

Hewitt, as the acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, dedicates his efforts to combatting voter suppression and ensuring fair elections.