Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: ALYSSA POINTER / Getty Images On Thursday ...
John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ... Former President Barack Obama awarded Lewis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his life’s work in 2011. Most recently, the congressman ...
In 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Can't see the interactive infographic? Click here. READ MORE:Marching for justice: John Lewis' journey as a civil rights ...
The anniversary arrives as a stark warning that the right to vote, paid for in blood that day, is in peril. By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier, article courtesy of the Atlanta […] ...
President Barack Obama, fourth from left, listens to Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he speaks about “Bloody Sunday” as they and the first family, civil right leaders, and members of Congress ...
The John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation has unveiled two new plaques to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Selma-to-Montgomery March.
John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy ... In 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Throughout Black History Month, WVTM 13 is recognizing Alabamians who ...