ATLANTA -- John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — It was a somber start to the week in Congress as lawmakers paid respects to one of their own. “I ask that all members rise for a moment of silence,” Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) ...

ATLANTA, Ga. – U.S. Rep. John Lewis has died at the age of 80. The congressman and civil rights icon had been undergoing treatment in his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis, a Democrat, ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The legacy of legendary Georgia Congressman John Lewis was honored on the floor of the US House on Monday, July 14. This Thursday is the fifth anniversary of his death. The ...

Georgia, who has been praised by McCain in the past, issued his statement after several days of headline-grabbing anger aimed at Democratic nominee Barack Obama ...

“I get emotional just thinking about the fact that [John Lewis] in his last days still had advice, still had something to give to us.” — Yamiche Alcindor, Journalist, 2020 The Root 100 Honoree text ...

On Wednesday’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast, the hosts talked about how U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s, D-N.J., record-breaking filibuster reinvigorated ...

John Lewis, of Lucas, Iowa, would have fought for the board. Lewis was born in 1880 as the son of Thomas Lewis, an immigrant ...