Rep. John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...

Lewis who would have turned 85 Friday.

Obama, 58, eulogized Lewis from the same pulpit, wearing a blue ribbon and a lapel pin with the late congressman's portrait. “The life of John Lewis was in so many ways exceptional," the former ...

The dedication ceremony was held Wednesday, on what would've been Lewis' 84th birthday-- 84 balloons were released in his honor at the post office along Crown Road.

Late Georgia Congressman John Lewis would have turned 85 years old on Friday.

Longtime Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has died after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Lewis was a central ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., explained why he backed a resolution upholding the right to boycott “at home and abroad” — even though he also voted to condemn ...

Harris took the helm in 1999 of the Nashville HBCU known for producing key social justice and civil rights leaders.

To honor the legacy of late Congressman John Lewis, the Atlanta Quilt Festival, in partnership with South Fulton Arts, released its first book last month: Good Trouble Quilts — The Fight.

Representative John Lewis took the podium to deliver a fiery speech urging his colleagues to vote 'no' on the AHCA. Following is a transcript. JOHN LEWIS: This bill is a shame. It is a disgrace.

Standing at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where hundreds of Foot Soldiers were attacked 60 years ago while ...