*We’ve got news regarding the funeral of John Lewis. It’s scheduled to be held this coming Thursday (07-30-20) in Atlanta at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Thursday’s going home service will ...
Befitting the man it memorialized, Thursday’s funeral of John Lewis in Atlanta was an oratorical symphony, a rhetorical masterwork of pride, praise and calls to continue the great man’s work. Three ...
ATLANTA — Thursday marks five years since Civil Rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis died after a battle with cancer. Activists say they plan to honor Lewis and his legacy of getting into ...
What an extraordinary life John Lewis lived. And how much he gave to us all. Anyone with a sense of American history knows the highlights. Lewis was born in 1940 as one of 10 children of Alabama ...
John Lewis, 72, passed away July 14, 2023. John leaves behind to cherish his memory his loving and caring wife of 48 years, RuthAnn Lewis; children, Laura (John) Ray, John David Lewis, and Kevin Nolan ...
In Atlanta, demonstrators marched toward a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. In New York City, they circled a federal building downtown. In Los Angeles, they held a candlelight vigil alongside ...
The 12-foot-tall bronze statue of the civil rights leader was commissioned after Mr. Lewis died in 2020. It stands where a Confederate memorial was erected in 1908. By Amanda Holpuch A statue of John ...