ATLANTA, Ga. – U.S. Rep. John Lewis has died at the age of 80. The congressman and civil rights icon had been undergoing treatment in his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis, a Democrat, ...
ATLANTA -- John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and ...
Rights activists, politicians from both parties and many other people touched by the legacy of John Lewis mourned the congressman and pillar of the civil rights movement Saturday, lauding the strength ...
A statue of the late U.S. House representative is a step closer to the Capitol. A proposal to erect a statue of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis in the U.S. Capitol advanced in Georgia on Wednesday, with ...
July 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. Robespierre, who ...
Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The 4th annual Rep. John Lewis Way March will take place downtown to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights icon and others who fought for justice alongside him. The ...
WASHINGTON -- Civil rights legend and Georgia congressman Rep. John Lewis announced Sunday he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Doctors informed Lewis, 79, will have to undergo ...
"I find a lot of people impressive," President Donald Trump said. "I find many people not impressive, but no, he didn't come to my inauguration." ...