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 ...

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80. He is being remembered by congressional ...

Protestors across the country gathered on July 17 for a national day of action in honor of late Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.). Organizers from the “Good Trouble Lives On” movement arranged ...

TROY, Ala. (WDHN) — Troy University honored civil rights leader and former Congressman John Robert Lewis Friday by dedicating the former Bibb Graves building after him. He’s known as “the boy from ...

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, ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Thousands across the nation came together on Thursday to honor the legacy of late Congressman John Lewis, an advocate for civil and voting rights who passed away five years ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Thursday marks five years since Congressman John Lewis died. To honor his legacy, advocates took to the streets of Rochester to spread their message to “wake people up.” Young ...