Former President Barack Obama gave a rousing eulogy for John Lewis at his funeral ceremony on Thursday, calling the civil rights icon "a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America" that ...

ATLANTA -- John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis' example and fight injustice. Three ...

ATLANTA -- Instead of calling Rep. John Lewis a hero, the better way to honor the civil rights leader's legacy is by guaranteeing equal representation to every American, former President Barack Obama ...

Lewis was one of the most prominent civil rights icons, inspiring multiple generations. Since 1987, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th district (D). The private ...

ATLANTA -- At the Thursday funeral of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, a 12-year-old boy took the stage and read one of the late lawmaker's favorite poems. That boy is Tybre Faw, who became friends ...

It’s impossible to overstate the symbolic and actual significance of the funeral service held on Thursday for John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died on July 17. “I’ve come here today because I, ...

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 ...

The funeral for Donovan Lewis, the 20-year-old man fatally shot by a Columbus police officer earlier this week is scheduled for next weekend. According to the Marlan J. Gary Funeral Home Chapel of ...

ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was mourned, ...