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  1. www.msnbc.com › jonathan-capehart › watchAuthor of new John Lewis biography: 'We think of him as a man ...

    4 days ago · A new memoir on the legacy of John Lewis 'We think of him as a man of great courage'. Professor of history, David Greenberg, joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss his new expansive biography on John ...

  2. www.washingtonpost.com › books › 2024/01/26John Lewis finally gets a full biography - The Washington Post

    Jan 26, 2024 · January 26, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. EST. When John Lewis was just 9 years old, he and his cousin Della Mae hatched a plan that they believed would get them to freedom. Fueled by their relatives ...

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › John-Lewis-AmericanJohn Lewis | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica

    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 ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_LewisJohn Lewis - Wikipedia

    John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student ...

  6. www.biography.com › political-figures › john-lewisJohn Lewis: Biography, Civil Rights Leader, Congressman

    Apr 3, 2014 · John Lewis grew up in an era of racial segregation. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., he joined the burgeoning civil rights movement. Lewis was a Freedom Rider, spoke at 1963's March on ...

  7. thegrio.com › 2023/12/10 › john-lewis-biography-toBiography of the late Rep. John Lewis will be published next fall

    Dec 10, 2023 · Dec 10, 2023. NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from ...

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  9. toronto.citynews.ca › 2023/12/05 › biography-of-theBiography of the late Rep. John Lewis that draws upon 100s of ...

    Dec 5, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed. Historian David Greenberg’s “John Lewis: A Life” is scheduled for release next fall, Simon & Schuster announced […]