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

WASHINGTON — The legacy of renowned civil rights leader John Lewis, who served as a Georgia congressman for more than three decades before his death, continues to be honored in the U.S. Members of ...

evolution of an exceptional young man named Jayden, who is stuck in detention with a book about Congressman John Lewis. But like any kid in trouble, he thinks that history has nothing to teach him.

"History is life's greatest teacher," said Justin Harris, director of the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center's Arts Academy. It's also the point of Black History Month. Harris is bringing ...

In the early weeks of 2008, as Barack Obama was fighting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nomination, many Party members felt obliged to pick a side, and to lend their voices to the ...

David Greenberg has produced a biography of John Lewis that, if not quite definitive, is still the gold standard by which all ...

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020) was a giant in the civil rights movement whose wisdom, courage, and moral clarity earned him the nickname “the conscience of the Congress” during ...

“John Lewis” and “Medgar and Myrlie” tell the stories of activists who struggled with when to push and when to compromise and build coalitions. By Matthew F. Delmont Matthew F. Delmont is a professor ...

General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded a $1.7 billion federal contract to build two more John Lewis-class fleet oilers at ...