John Robert Lewis
Brundidge, Alabama, United States
John Lewis was educated at the Pike County Training High School, Brundidge, Alabama
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
John Lewis was educated at the American Baptist Theological Seminary.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
John Lewis was educated at Fisk University, both in Nashville, Tennessee, where he became a leader in the Nashville sit-ins.
2008
Washington, DC., United States
Northwest CEO Douglas Steenland (L) stands with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) before testifying before the House Judiciary Committee's Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws Taskforce Subcommittee about the proposed merger of the two airlines April 23, 2008 in Washington, DC. Steenland and Delta CEO Richard Anderson said the merger would be "end-to-end" and that the only job losses would happen at the managment level. (April 24, 2008 - Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2009
3401 4th St SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks at the Entertainment Industry Foundation and ServiceNation's "A New Era of Service" MLK Day breakfast at Ballou Senior High School January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Source: Michael Tran/Getty Images North America)
2009
New York City, United States
John Lewis attends the 2009 John Jay Justice Awards at John Jay College on April 14, 2009 in New York City. (April 14, 2009 - Source: Brad Barket/Getty Images North America)
2010
3343 W Washington Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89107, USA
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) are interviewed by members of the media at a get-out-the-vote volunteer canvass kickoff event at Lorenzi Park October 24, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Reid, who is seeking his fifth term, is in a tight race with Republican challenger Sharron Angle. (Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
2010
First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) (C), look at newly unveiled plaques that recognize African American slaves, during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. The plaques will be hung in the Capitol to recognize the contributions of enslaved African Americans used in the construction of the United States Capitol. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images (June 15, 2010 - Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2010
27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) carries the gavel that was used when Medicare was passed while marching with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L), Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and other members of the Democratic Caucus from the Cannon House Office Building to the U.S. Captiol for the health care reform vote March 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he was confident that the Democrats have the necessary 216 votes to pass landmark health care reform legislation Sunday. (March 20, 2010 - Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2010
1 Georgia Dome Dr, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA
(L-R) Congressman John Lewis and actress Jane Fonda attend the 2010 World Fitness Day at the Georgia Dome on May 1, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (April 30, 2010 - Source: Moses Robinson/Getty Images North America)
2011
2525 Birmingport Rd, Birmingham, AL 35224, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks during the funeral of civil rights icon Fred Shuttlesworth at Faith Chapel Christian Center on October 24, 2011 in Birmingham, Alabama. Shuttlesworth?s family was attacked and his home and church were bombed during the time fought for civil rights for blacks in Birmingham. Birmingham, along with Selma and Montgomery, were touchstones in the civil rights movement which eventually spread across the South and throughout America. Shuttlesworth died October 5. (Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images North America)
2011
100 CNN Center NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Reverend Al Sharpton and U.S. Congressman John Lewis (right) attend the MLB Beacon Awards Banquet at the Omni Hotel on May 14, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (May 13, 2011 - Source: Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images North America)
2012
Washington, DC., United States
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) presents Smithsonian Magazine's first annual American Ingenuity Award for social progress to Bryan Stevenson on November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The awards honor nine groundbreaking individuals in technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, social progress, and youth achievement. (Source: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images North America)
2012
First St NE, Washington, DC 20515, USA
Civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) delivers remarks during the unveiling ceremony of the new Slave Labor Commemorative Marker in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center February 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The marker acknowledges the role that slaves played in the construction of the capitol building, including quarrying the stone for the floors, walls and columns. The stone used for the marker is a block of sandstone that was quarried from Aquia Creek in Virginia and was once part of the East Front portico. (Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2013
Washington, DC., United States
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police after blocking First Street NW in front of the U.S. Capitol with fellow supporters of immigration reform, on October 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
2013
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Congressman John Lewis shows off his achievement award at the Emancipation Of Capital Gala And Awards Ceremony celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Washington Convention Center on August 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Larry French/Getty Images North America)
2013
First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (R) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (C) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol during a ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington July 31, 2013 in Washington, DC. Lewis was a speaker on the day of the historic civil rights movement's March on Washington in 1963. (July 30, 2013 - Source: Win McNamee/Getty Images North America)
2013
27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (R-IA) greets Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) on Arts Advocacy Day sponsored by Ovation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. (April 8, 2013 - Source: Paul Morigi/Getty Images North America)
2014
2313 Red River St, Austin, TX 78712, USA
(L - R) Julian Bond, former Chairman, NAACP, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Young, former congressman and Ambassador to the United Nations are introduced as members of the panel, Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: Views from the Front Line, on the second day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 9, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit is marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act legislation, with U.S. President Barack Obama making the keynote speech on April 10. (April 8, 2014 - Source: Pool/Getty Images North America)
2014
2313 Red River St, Austin, TX 78712, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) greets President Barack Obama before the president's speech the third day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 10, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act legislation. (April 9, 2014 - Source: Pool/Getty Images North America)
2015
1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
Ethel Kennedy (L) and Congressman John Lewis attend as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosts The 2015 Ripple Of Hope Awards honoring Congressman John Lewis, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Evercore Co-founder Roger Altman, and UNESCO Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis at New York Hilton on December 8, 2015 in New York City. (Source: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images North America)
2015
1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
Congressman John Lewis speaks onstage as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosts The 2015 Ripple Of Hope Awards honoring Congressman John Lewis, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Evercore Co-founder Roger Altman, and UNESCO Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis at New York Hilton on December 8, 2015 in New York City. (Source: Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America)
2015
1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20502, USA
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) listens during an event at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building August 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and proclaimed September 22 to be National Voter Registration Day. (Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2016
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Congressman/Civil Rights Icon John Lewis poses by images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segreated lunch counters on March 5, 1963. He was honored today in as Nashville Public Library Awards Civil Right Icon Congressman John Lewis Literary Award on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Source: Rick Diamond/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), (L), and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) participate in a discussion with other members of Congress on the state of voting rights in America, on Capitol Hill September 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
3601 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19148, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) waves to the crowd on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (July 25, 2016 - Source: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks to gun control activists who gather outside the Capitol after House Republicans have forced votes as House Democrats stages a sit-in on the House floor June 22, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to demand Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) not to recess the House without voting on legislation including the bipartisan "No Fly, No Buy" legislation and a universal background check bill. (June 21, 2016 - Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), holds a copy of the US Constitution during a news conference with Senate Democrats, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Capitol Hill, March 3, 2016 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, are urging Senate Republicans to meet with the President Obama's Supreme Court nominee and hold hearings and a vote. (March 2, 2016 - Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks about race relations while flanked by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama met with African American faith and civil rights leaders before an event to celebrate Black History Month. (Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
9107 Del Webb Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89134, USA
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) looks on as U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks on her behalf at a get-out-the-caucus event at the Mountain Shadows Community Center on February 14, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clinton is challenging Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of Nevada's February 20th Democratic caucus. (Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
2017
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally with fellow Democrats on the East Front steps of the U.S. House of Representatives October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Democratic members of Congress held the rally to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to demand passage of the bipartisan King-Thompson legislation to strengthen background checks and establishing a bipartisan Select Committee on Gun Violence. (Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2017
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) listens during a news conference September 25, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Reps Lewis was joined by Demetrius Nash, who took a walk from Chicago to Washington, to discuss gun violence. (Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2017
7 Concourse Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) dances on stage before giving a speech in support of Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff at an election night party being held at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel in the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District on June 20, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Ossoff lost in a special election against his Republican challenger Karen Handel in a bid to replace Tom Price, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (June 19, 2017 - Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America)
2018
Washington, DC., United States
L-R) U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) march to the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a protest June 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Democratic congressional members joined actives to protest "the Trump administration's policy to separate children from their parents at the border." (June 12, 2018 - Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
1965
United States
John Lewis (far right) with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during one of the historic Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965.
2013
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Congressman John Lewis signs copies of his book at the Emancipation Of Capital Gala And Awards Ceremony celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Washington Convention Center on August 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Larry French/Getty Images North America)
1965
United States
John Lewis (far right) with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during one of the historic Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965.
2008
Washington, DC., United States
Northwest CEO Douglas Steenland (L) stands with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) before testifying before the House Judiciary Committee's Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws Taskforce Subcommittee about the proposed merger of the two airlines April 23, 2008 in Washington, DC. Steenland and Delta CEO Richard Anderson said the merger would be "end-to-end" and that the only job losses would happen at the managment level. (April 24, 2008 - Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2009
3401 4th St SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks at the Entertainment Industry Foundation and ServiceNation's "A New Era of Service" MLK Day breakfast at Ballou Senior High School January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Source: Michael Tran/Getty Images North America)
2009
New York City, United States
John Lewis attends the 2009 John Jay Justice Awards at John Jay College on April 14, 2009 in New York City. (April 14, 2009 - Source: Brad Barket/Getty Images North America)
2010
3343 W Washington Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89107, USA
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) are interviewed by members of the media at a get-out-the-vote volunteer canvass kickoff event at Lorenzi Park October 24, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Reid, who is seeking his fifth term, is in a tight race with Republican challenger Sharron Angle. (Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
2010
First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) (C), look at newly unveiled plaques that recognize African American slaves, during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. The plaques will be hung in the Capitol to recognize the contributions of enslaved African Americans used in the construction of the United States Capitol. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images (June 15, 2010 - Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2010
27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) carries the gavel that was used when Medicare was passed while marching with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L), Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and other members of the Democratic Caucus from the Cannon House Office Building to the U.S. Captiol for the health care reform vote March 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he was confident that the Democrats have the necessary 216 votes to pass landmark health care reform legislation Sunday. (March 20, 2010 - Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2010
1 Georgia Dome Dr, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA
(L-R) Congressman John Lewis and actress Jane Fonda attend the 2010 World Fitness Day at the Georgia Dome on May 1, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. (April 30, 2010 - Source: Moses Robinson/Getty Images North America)
2011
2525 Birmingport Rd, Birmingham, AL 35224, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks during the funeral of civil rights icon Fred Shuttlesworth at Faith Chapel Christian Center on October 24, 2011 in Birmingham, Alabama. Shuttlesworth?s family was attacked and his home and church were bombed during the time fought for civil rights for blacks in Birmingham. Birmingham, along with Selma and Montgomery, were touchstones in the civil rights movement which eventually spread across the South and throughout America. Shuttlesworth died October 5. (Source: Mario Tama/Getty Images North America)
2011
100 CNN Center NW, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Reverend Al Sharpton and U.S. Congressman John Lewis (right) attend the MLB Beacon Awards Banquet at the Omni Hotel on May 14, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (May 13, 2011 - Source: Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images North America)
2012
Washington, DC., United States
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) presents Smithsonian Magazine's first annual American Ingenuity Award for social progress to Bryan Stevenson on November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The awards honor nine groundbreaking individuals in technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, social progress, and youth achievement. (Source: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images North America)
2012
First St NE, Washington, DC 20515, USA
Civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) delivers remarks during the unveiling ceremony of the new Slave Labor Commemorative Marker in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center February 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The marker acknowledges the role that slaves played in the construction of the capitol building, including quarrying the stone for the floors, walls and columns. The stone used for the marker is a block of sandstone that was quarried from Aquia Creek in Virginia and was once part of the East Front portico. (Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2013
Washington, DC., United States
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police after blocking First Street NW in front of the U.S. Capitol with fellow supporters of immigration reform, on October 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America)
2013
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Congressman John Lewis shows off his achievement award at the Emancipation Of Capital Gala And Awards Ceremony celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Washington Convention Center on August 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Larry French/Getty Images North America)
2013
First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (R) shakes hands with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (C) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol during a ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington July 31, 2013 in Washington, DC. Lewis was a speaker on the day of the historic civil rights movement's March on Washington in 1963. (July 30, 2013 - Source: Win McNamee/Getty Images North America)
2013
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Congressman John Lewis signs copies of his book at the Emancipation Of Capital Gala And Awards Ceremony celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at Washington Convention Center on August 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Source: Larry French/Getty Images North America)
2013
27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (R-IA) greets Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) on Arts Advocacy Day sponsored by Ovation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. (April 8, 2013 - Source: Paul Morigi/Getty Images North America)
2014
2313 Red River St, Austin, TX 78712, USA
(L - R) Julian Bond, former Chairman, NAACP, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Young, former congressman and Ambassador to the United Nations are introduced as members of the panel, Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement: Views from the Front Line, on the second day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 9, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit is marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act legislation, with U.S. President Barack Obama making the keynote speech on April 10. (April 8, 2014 - Source: Pool/Getty Images North America)
2014
2313 Red River St, Austin, TX 78712, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) greets President Barack Obama before the president's speech the third day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 10, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act legislation. (April 9, 2014 - Source: Pool/Getty Images North America)
2015
1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
Ethel Kennedy (L) and Congressman John Lewis attend as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosts The 2015 Ripple Of Hope Awards honoring Congressman John Lewis, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Evercore Co-founder Roger Altman, and UNESCO Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis at New York Hilton on December 8, 2015 in New York City. (Source: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images North America)
2015
1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA
Congressman John Lewis speaks onstage as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights hosts The 2015 Ripple Of Hope Awards honoring Congressman John Lewis, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Evercore Co-founder Roger Altman, and UNESCO Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis at New York Hilton on December 8, 2015 in New York City. (Source: Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America)
2015
1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20502, USA
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) listens during an event at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building August 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. President Obama spoke on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and proclaimed September 22 to be National Voter Registration Day. (Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2016
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Congressman/Civil Rights Icon John Lewis poses by images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segreated lunch counters on March 5, 1963. He was honored today in as Nashville Public Library Awards Civil Right Icon Congressman John Lewis Literary Award on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Source: Rick Diamond/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), (L), and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) participate in a discussion with other members of Congress on the state of voting rights in America, on Capitol Hill September 21, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
3601 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19148, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) waves to the crowd on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (July 25, 2016 - Source: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks to gun control activists who gather outside the Capitol after House Republicans have forced votes as House Democrats stages a sit-in on the House floor June 22, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to demand Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) not to recess the House without voting on legislation including the bipartisan "No Fly, No Buy" legislation and a universal background check bill. (June 21, 2016 - Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2016
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), holds a copy of the US Constitution during a news conference with Senate Democrats, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Capitol Hill, March 3, 2016 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, are urging Senate Republicans to meet with the President Obama's Supreme Court nominee and hold hearings and a vote. (March 2, 2016 - Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks about race relations while flanked by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama met with African American faith and civil rights leaders before an event to celebrate Black History Month. (Source: Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America)
2016
9107 Del Webb Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89134, USA
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) looks on as U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks on her behalf at a get-out-the-caucus event at the Mountain Shadows Community Center on February 14, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clinton is challenging Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of Nevada's February 20th Democratic caucus. (Source: Ethan Miller/Getty Images North America)
2017
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally with fellow Democrats on the East Front steps of the U.S. House of Representatives October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Democratic members of Congress held the rally to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to demand passage of the bipartisan King-Thompson legislation to strengthen background checks and establishing a bipartisan Select Committee on Gun Violence. (Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)
2017
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) listens during a news conference September 25, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Reps Lewis was joined by Demetrius Nash, who took a walk from Chicago to Washington, to discuss gun violence. (Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
2017
7 Concourse Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) dances on stage before giving a speech in support of Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff at an election night party being held at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel in the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District on June 20, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Ossoff lost in a special election against his Republican challenger Karen Handel in a bid to replace Tom Price, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (June 19, 2017 - Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America)
2018
Washington, DC., United States
L-R) U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) march to the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a protest June 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Democratic congressional members joined actives to protest "the Trump administration's policy to separate children from their parents at the border." (June 12, 2018 - Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America)
Brundidge, Alabama, United States
John Lewis was educated at the Pike County Training High School, Brundidge, Alabama
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
John Lewis was educated at the American Baptist Theological Seminary.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
John Lewis was educated at Fisk University, both in Nashville, Tennessee, where he became a leader in the Nashville sit-ins.
(The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the W...)
The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind, is one of our most important records of the American civil rights movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a “national treasure,” this is a gripping first-hand account of the fight for civil rights and the courage it takes to change a nation. In 1957, a teenaged boy named John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama for Nashville, the epicenter of the struggle for civil rights in America. Lewis’s adherence to nonviolence guided that critical time and established him as one of the movement’s most charismatic and courageous leaders. Lewis’s leadership in the Nashville Movement—a student-led effort to desegregate the city of Nashville using sit-in techniques based on the teachings of Gandhi—set the tone for major civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. Lewis traces his role in the pivotal Selma marches, Bloody Sunday, and the Freedom Rides. Inspired by his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis’s vision and perseverance altered history. In 1986, he ran and won a congressional seat in Georgia, and remains in office to this day, continuing to enact change. The late Edward M. Kennedy said of Lewis, “John tells it like it was…Lewis spent most of his life walking against the wind of the times, but he was surely walking with the wind of history.”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476797714/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary ...)
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography. In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis draws from his experience as a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging injustices and inspiring real change toward a freer, more peaceful society. The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to the protest culture we know today, and the experiences of leaders like Congressman Lewis, a close confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr., have never been more relevant. Despite more than forty arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis has remained a devoted advocate of the discipline and philosophy of nonviolence. Now, in an era in which the protest culture he helped forge has resurfaced as a force for change, Lewis' insights have never been more relevant. In this heartfelt book, Lewis explores the contributions that each generation must make to achieve change. Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography. In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis draws from his experience as a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging injustices and inspiring real change toward a freer, more peaceful society. The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to the protest culture we know today, and the experiences of leaders like Congressman Lewis, a close confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr., have never been more relevant. Despite more than forty arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis has remained a devoted advocate of the discipline and philosophy of nonviolence. Now, in an era in which the protest culture he helped forge has resurfaced as a force for change, Lewis' insights have never been more relevant. In this heartfelt book, Lewis explores the contributions that each generation must make to achieve change.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007FSHN9G/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(The March trilogy is an autobiographical black and white ...)
The March trilogy is an autobiographical black and white graphic novel trilogy about the Civil Rights Movement, told through the perspective of civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JM9RVII/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of civil ...)
Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of civil rights history after the March saga, bringing to life the true story of John Lewis and many of his colleagues in the movement after the historic success of the Selma campaign. Days after the Voting Rights Act is signed into law, the Ku Klux Klan mounts its largest hooded protest march in years. Events such as this are a dangerous reminder of the external forces in our society assembling to undo the hard-won protections at the ballot box—forces who have studied the tactics of the movement and are now prepared to weaponize them. Powerfully necessary in these times, Run: Book One is the story of John Lewis’s struggle to lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), one of history’s most important nonviolent organizations, as it loses the support of much of the federal government and many of its most important allies. How can SNCC—an organization built on consensus, integration, and nonviolence—survive in the face of powerful disagreements over black political power, white inclusion, the war in Vietnam, and the role of nonviolent civil disobedience in the movement? Run is the story of loss, and in the ashes of John Lewis’s role in the civil rights movement, he finds his future in public service. Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of civil rights history after the March saga, bringing to life the true story of John Lewis and many of his colleagues in the movement after the historic success of the Selma campaign. Days after the Voting Rights Act is signed into law, the Ku Klux Klan mounts its largest hooded protest march in years. Events such as this are a dangerous reminder of the external forces in our society assembling to undo the hard-won protections at the ballot box—forces who have studied the tactics of the movement and are now prepared to weaponize them. Powerfully necessary in these times, Run: Book One is the story of John Lewis’s struggle to lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), one of history’s most important nonviolent organizations, as it loses the support of much of the federal government and many of its most important allies. How can SNCC—an organization built on consensus, integration, and nonviolence—survive in the face of powerful disagreements over black political power, white inclusion, the war in Vietnam, and the role of nonviolent civil disobedience in the movement? Run is the story of loss, and in the ashes of John Lewis’s role in the civil rights movement, he finds his future in public service.
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2018
John Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, in Troy, Alabama, the third son of Willie Mae (née Carter) and Eddie Lewis. His parents were sharecroppers. Lewis grew up in Pike County, Alabama. He has several siblings, including brothers Edward, Grant, Freddie, Sammy, Adolph, and William, and sisters Ethel, Rosa, and Ora. At the age of six, Lewis had seen only two white people in his life.
Lewis attended segregated schools and was encouraged by his parents not to challenge the inequities of the Jim Crow South. As a teenager, however, he was inspired by the courageous defiance of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., to whose attention Lewis came when he indicated his desire to desegregate Troy State College (now Troy University). Dissuaded from doing so by his parents, Lewis instead was educated in Nashville at the American Baptist Theological Institute and Fisk University.
There Lewis undertook the study of nonviolent protest and became involved in sit-ins at lunch counters and other segregated public places.
John Lewis holds a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University, and he is a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, both in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been awarded over 50 honorary degrees from prestigious colleges and universities throughout the United States, including Harvard University, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Duke University, Morehouse College, Clark-Atlanta University, Howard University, Brandeis University, Columbia University, Fisk University, and Troy State University.
John Lewis organized sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1961, he volunteered to participate in the Freedom Rides, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South. Lewis risked his life on those Rides many times by simply sitting in seats reserved for white patrons. He was also beaten severely by angry mobs and arrested by police for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow segregation in the South.
During the height of the Movement, from 1963 to 1966, Lewis was named Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which he helped form. SNCC was largely responsible for organizing student activism in the Movement, including sit-ins and other activities.
While still a young man, John Lewis became a nationally recognized leader. By 1963, he was dubbed one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. At the age of 23, he was an architect of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963.
In 1964, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize voter registration drives and community action programs during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. The following year, Lewis helped spearhead one of the most seminal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. Hosea Williams, another notable Civil Rights leader, and John Lewis led over 600 peaceful, orderly protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. They intended to march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the need for voting rights in the state. The marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers in a brutal confrontation that became known as "Bloody Sunday." News broadcasts and photographs revealing the senseless cruelty of the segregated South helped hasten the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
After leaving SNCC in 1966, he continued his commitment to the Civil Rights Movement as Associate Director of the Field Foundation and his participation in the Southern Regional Council's voter registration programs. Lewis went on to become the Director of the Voter Education Project (VEP). Under his leadership, the VEP transformed the nation's political climate by adding nearly four million minorities to the voter rolls.
In 1977, John Lewis was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to direct more than 250,000 volunteers of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency.
In 1981, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council. While serving on the Council, he was an advocate for ethics in government and neighborhood preservation. He was elected to Congress in November 1986 and has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia's Fifth Congressional District since then. He is Senior Chief Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party in leadership in the House, a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, a member of its Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, and Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Oversight.
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (far right) witnessing the official signing into law of the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 by Pres. Barack Obama in the White House Oval Office on May 12, 2009. Other representatives in attendance included (from left) Mike Quigley, Carolyn McCarthy, Sanford Bishop, Lacy Clay, and James E. Clyburn.
On June 22, 2016, House Democrats, led by Lewis and Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark, began a sit-in demanding House Speaker Paul Ryan allow a vote on gun-safety legislation in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting. Speaker pro tempore Daniel Webster ordered the House into recess, but Democrats refused to leave the chamber for nearly 26 hours.
John Lewis is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogy MARCH, written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. The first volume, MARCH: Book One, received a 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, an ALA Notable Children's Book designation, was named one of YALSA's 2014 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and became the first graphic novel ever to receive a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. It was named one of the best books of 2013 by USA Today, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, The Horn Book Review, Paste, Slate, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist, among others. MARCH: Book Two was released in 2015 and immediately became both a New York Times and Washington Post bestseller. The MARCH series is used in schools across the country to teach the Civil Rights Movement to the next generation of young activists, and has been selected as a First-Year common reading text at colleges and universities such as Michigan State University, Georgia State University, Marquette University, University of Utah, Henderson State University, University of Illinois Springfield, Washburn University, and many others. He is also the author of Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, written with Brenda Jones, and winner of the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Best Literary Work-Biography. His biography, published in 1998, is entitled Walking With The Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Written with Michel D'Orso, Walking With The Wind is a receipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He is also the subject of two other books written about his life: Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement, by Ann Bausum and John Lewis in the Lead, by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson, with illustrations by famous Georgia artist, Bennie Andrews.
He has been interviewed for numerous documentaries, news broadcasts, and journals, including the The Colbert Report, Morning Joe, the Rachel Maddow Show, the Today show, CNN Headline News, CNN’s American Morning, CSPAN’s Washington Journal, Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Boston Globe, the Dallas Morning News, the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Tribune, Roll Call magazine, and many more.
John Lewis lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
John Lewis went down in history as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and he has continued to fight for people's rights since joining Congress in 1987. His dedication to the highest ethical standards and moral principles has won him the admiration of many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the U.S. Congress.
John Lewis is the recipient of numerous awards from eminent national and international institutions, including the highest civilian honor granted by President Barack Obama, the Medal of Freedom, the Lincoln Medal from the historic Ford’s Theatre, the Golden Plate Award given by the Academy of Excellence, the Preservation Hero award given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Capital Award of the National Council of La Raza, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize, the President’s Medal of Georgetown University, the NAACP Spingarn Medal, the National Education Association Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award, and the only John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage Award" for Lifetime Achievement ever granted by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Lewis is honored with the 1997 sculpture by Thornton Dial, The Bridge, at Ponce de Leon Avenue and Freedom Park, Atlanta. Two years later, in 1999, Lewis was awarded the Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan in recognition of his courageous lifelong commitment to the defense of civil and human rights. In that same year he received the Four Freedoms Award for the Freedom of Speech.
In 2006, he received the US Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. In September 2007, Lewis was awarded the Dole Leadership Prize from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. On January 6, 2016, it was announced that a future United States Navy underway replenishment oiler would be named USNS John Lewis. On September 19, 2016, Rep. John Lewis was awarded the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center.
(Told in multiple parts, Run is the next chapter of civil ...)
2018(The March trilogy is an autobiographical black and white ...)
2013(The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the W...)
1998(Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary ...)
2012While a student, he was invited to attend nonviolence workshops held in the basement of Clark Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. James Lawson and Rev. Kelly Miller Smith.
As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which he heard on radio broadcasts. In those pivotal moments, he made a decision to become a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Ever since then, he has remained at the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggle in the United States.
John Robert Lewis, who as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington, played many key roles in the Civil Rights Movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States. He is a member of the Democratic Party leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and has served as a Chief Deputy Whip since 1991 and Senior Chief Deputy Whip since 2003.
John Lewis attended nonviolence workshops held in the basement of Clark Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. James Lawson and Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. There, Lewis and many of his fellow students became dedicated adherents to the discipline and philosophy of nonviolence.
Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence.
Quotations:
“Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?”
“I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.”
“If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.”
“You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.”
“Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.”
“It is my hope that people today will see that, in another time, in another period, when we saw the need for people to speak up, to organize, to mobilize, and to do something about injustice, we came together.”
“When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.”
“We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.”
“If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.”
“We never gave up. We didn’t get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.”
Lewis is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
Lewis met Lillian Miles at a New Year's Eve party hosted by Xernona Clayton. They married in 1968. Together, they had one son, named John-Miles. Lillian died on December 31, 2012.
Lillian Miles and John Lewis were married for 44-years before her death. The couple tied the knot in 1968 and soon after they settled into a home in southwest Atlanta.
(June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998)
He was a prominent organizer in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement.
(born October 6, 1940)
He is an American politician and ambassador.
