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Civil Rights Activist preparing to demonstrate at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis can both be seen on the right side of the frame.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was my friend, my mentor; he was like a big brother. — John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) January 16, 2017 ...
John Lewis, now a Georgia congressman, was the teenage son of Alabama sharecroppers when he first met Martin Luther King Jr., 60 years ago.One of the last surviving members of King’s inner ...
Nashville should remember the dark elements of its past. But when naming streets and schools, it should recognize those with ...
‘John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community’ By Raymond Arsenault Yale University Press, 588 pages. John Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and ...
The founders of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall paid the estate about $800,000 to quote King and use his image — on his own memorial. ... Rep. John Lewis ...
John Lewis Wrote Tributes to His Wife and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Posthumous Book: 'I Miss Her' Stevie Wonder Tells Oprah He Is Permanently Moving to Ghana to Protect Grandchildren from ...
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go on to become the voice of the movement. In 1955, he served as the spokesman for the Montgomery bus boycott.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the way, President Terri Freeman of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum joined us to talk about what events they have going on this weekend. "Monday we have a full day ...
Nearly six decades after John Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and others fought "Jim Crow" laws that blocked some Americans from the ballot box, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 ... President Bill Clinton signed into law Congressman John Lewis and Sen. Harris Wofford’s legislation making it a National Day of ...