The late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis will be honored with a U.S. Postal Service stamp.
On Friday (Nov 6) the civil rights icon's county in Georgia tipped Democratic nominee Joe Biden into the lead in the state as mail-in ballots, continued to be counted from the area. As previously reported, at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday, a release of ballots counted in Clayton County gave Biden a lead of 917 votes in the Southern state, pushing his lead out to 1,096 votes after another batch of ballot results came in at about 6 a.m.
The funeral of Congressman and Civil Rights Activist John Lewis will be held today (July 30th) at the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM Rep. John Lewis’ body will lie in state and public viewing will take place to celebrate the life of the former Congressman and Civil Rights activist. Lewis passed away on July 17th from pancreatic cancer. Last week, Fairfax County, Virginia school board announced that they will change the name of Robert E. Lee High […]
Erika Alexander discusses the creation of the John Lewis documentary.
Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia has announced that they will change their name to honor the Late Rep. John Lewis.
Atlanta Congressman and Civil Right leader John Lewis has passed away after a long battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek took a moment out of his schedule to offer encouragement to Rep. John Lewis over a shared experience that he knows very well: the mindset to overcome pancreatic cancer. “We’re starting a new year, and let’s see if we can’t both complete the year as pancreatic cancer survivors,” Trebek replied when asked […]
79-year-old civil rights leader and US Democratic Rep. of Georgia, John Lewis announced Sunday evening that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Georgia’s Democratic Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights movement icon, was hospitalized but expected to recover.
Rep. John Lewis was brought to tears while visiting an exhibit centered on sit-ins at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.
