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  1. Jan 27, 2002 · John Hersey, who acted as Lewis's secretary for a summer, was horrified, as he "endlessly" retyped drafts, "to see thousands upon thousands of words—not scattered words and phrases but long ...

  2. Eight years later, in 1976, they adopted a two-month-old son together, who they named John-Miles Lewis. John-Miles was actually named after both of his parents, as Lililan's maiden name was Miles and, of course, he inherited his father's first name. John-Miles was the only child of Lillian and John Lewis. In a cruel twist, Lilian passed away on ...

  3. Jul 25, 2020 · “The John Lewis that I knew, the John Lewis that I want you to know about, is the John Lewis that would gravitate towards the least of us, would drop by his 4-year-old nephew’s birthday party ...

  4. Jul 16, 2021 · The people carrying on the legacy of John Lewis. Michael Collins, left, was the chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Lewis. He's now serving as a special assistant to Vice President Kamala Harris ...

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  5. Jul 20, 2020 · Representative John Lewis, a stalwart of the civil rights era, died on Friday. We take a look at his life, lessons and legacy. On today’s episode: Mr. Lewis in 1967. “Our struggle is not the ...

  6. Jul 18, 2020 · The son of sharecroppers, Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940. As a child, ... John Lewis visits Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on June 7, 2020.

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  8. Oct 7, 2024 · John Lewis (born February 21, 1940, near Troy, Alabama, U.S.—died July 17, 2020, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and for leading the march that was halted by police violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, a landmark event in the history of the ...