These 10 remarkable individuals are upholding John Lewis' tradition of making “good trouble” in the name of securing voting rights.
March 7, 1965, is known as Bloody Sunday after hundreds of people peacefully marched from Selma to Montgomery but were violently attacked.
Black students have fought for the message for decades.
Lillian Miles Lewis was born Lillian Miles in Los Angeles, California in 1939. She was an educator, political adviser, and wife of congressman John Lewis.
(AP) — U.S. Rep. John Lewis says Congress has “difficult days ahead” as it grapples with tough issues on unemployment benefits, tax breaks and other problems facing the country. The Atlanta Democrat spoke to the annual meeting of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators in Atlanta on Thursday. He told the crowd he couldn’t […]
(AJC) — U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta and former President George H.W. Bush are among the 15 recipients of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, the White House announced Wednesday. Other recipients of this year’s award include notable figures such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, poet Maya Angelou, billionaire […]
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) — I just had lunch with John Lewis, the Atlanta congressman and civil rights icon, who finds himself the subject of an unlikely controversy. After Lewis and two other black Democrats reported in late March that they had been the subject of an ugly racial epithet — and worse — by tea party […]