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John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
This biography also chronicles Lewis's legacy of fighting for equality and justice. Greenburg also writes that Lewis was an honest person, devoted to the civil rights movement and similar causes. His experiences with racial segregation taught him bravery in the face of wrongdoings and provided him with a story that sometimes exceeded practical ...
John Lewis (1 February 1678 - 1 February 1762) was a militia officer, magistrate and prominent Virginia landowner. Born in Ireland, he was forced to emigrate after ...
ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...
The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. . Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by John L. Lewis, a leader of the United Mine Workers (UMW), and called the Committee for Industrial Orga
John Lewis (sprinter), winner of the 300 yards at the 1930 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships; John Lewis III, sprinter and winner of the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Division I 4 × 100 m relay championships; John Lewis (runner), middle-distance runner, 2018 indoor 800 m All-American for the Clemson Tigers track and field team