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Civil Rights Activist preparing to demonstrate at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis can both be seen on the right side of the frame.
Lewis says Trump wouldn't have been elected had King been alive. — -- Rep. John Lewis, who boycotted President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year, said Martin Luther King Jr. “would ...
History Dept. How John Lewis’ Funeral Will Echo Martin Luther King Jr.’s Both at Ebenezer Baptist, both during high-stakes election years, both at a time of hot tension over civil rights.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was my friend, my mentor; he was like a big brother. — John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 16, 2017 ...
John Lewis, now a Georgia congressman, was the teenage son of Alabama sharecroppers when he first met Martin Luther King Jr., 60 years ago.One of the last surviving members of King’s inner ...
Rep. John Lewis is the last living speaker from the March on Washington, the 1963 landmark civil rights protest that culminated with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr. with John Lewis at a mass meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Lewis was one of the first Freedom Riders and led non-violent demonstrations to protest ...
Beloved voting rights advocate, civil rights leader and Congressional Representative John Lewis died Friday at the age of 80. On Saturday, Martin Luther King III spoke with CBS News' Nikole ...
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., center right, is escorted into a mass meeting at Fisk University along with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chair John Lewis, left, and Lester Mckinnie ...
Martin Luther King III tweeted, "John Lewis was an American treasure. He gave a voice to the voiceless, and he reminded each of us that the most powerful nonviolent tool is the vote.
‘John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community’ By Raymond Arsenault Yale University Press, 588 pages. John Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and ...
Nearly six decades after John Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and others fought "Jim Crow" laws that blocked some Americans from the ballot box, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting ...