Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Here are images from his long and full life. The two were civil rights movement allies.John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, has died. They were commemorating the 48th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday."Lewis speaks during a news conference held to unveil legislation concerning a National Museum of African American History and Culture on Capitol Hill in May 2003.Then-Atlanta Councilman Lewis holds the March 1965 issue of Life Magazine in his office in Atlanta in August 1986. John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman, has died at the age of 80, according to the Associated Press.
President Barack Obama embraces Lewis near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in March 2015.Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks on as Lewis speaks at a get-out-the-caucus event at a Las Vegas community center in February 2016.Fifth Congressional District Democratic candidates Julian Bond (left) and Lewis converse in August 1986 before taping an Atlanta Journal-Constitution show in Atlanta on Aug. 29, 1986.The Dalai Lama sits with Lewis during a public speech in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in October 2007.Lewis talks on the phone from his Atlanta hotel room in September 1986 prior to claiming victory by defeating Julian Bond in a runoff election for the 5th Congressional District seat in Georgia. Lillian Miles Lewis, the “devoted wife” of Congressman John Lewis, D-Atlanta, has died, the civil rights icon’s office said today in a statement. Al Sharpton, left, take part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington in November 2006.Lewis speaks during a media conference on Capitol Hill in May 2006. A cheetah at rest in Kenya, a giant spoon on an English trail, an online mud festival in South Korea, the night sky above Syria, wildfires in Greece, a Chinese mission to Mars, and much moreDuring the pandemic, team mascots, who normally thrive on live interaction with an audience, have been left to play to the cameras, interacting with empty bleachers and cardboard cutouts of fans.TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2020 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. From left, Whitney Young, National Urban League; Martin Luther King Jr., Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene P. Donnelly, National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers; Vice President Lyndon Johnson, rear, and Roy Wilkins, NAACP.Vice President Joe Biden and John Lewis lead a group across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in March 2013. John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of … The cover photo shows Lewis leading the first Selma, Ala., civil rights march with Hosea Williams.Lewis thanks supporters during a rally against gun violence with fellow Democrats at the U.S. Capitol in October 2017.Lewis (center), overcome with emotion, with Yolanda King and Rev.
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John Miles Lewis shared both his father’s last name and his mother’s maiden name. He was 80.Six leaders of the nation's largest black civil rights organizations meet in New York's Hotel Roosevelt in July 1963 to plan a civil rights march on Washington.
Joseph Lowery and Lewis march in Atlanta to mark the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in August 2003.From left, Lewis, Rev. From left: John Lewis, chairman, Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee; Whitney Young, national director, Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro American Labor Council; Martin Luther King Jr., president Southern Christian Leadership Conference; James Farmer, Congress of Racial Equality director; and Roy Wilkins, executive secretary, NAACP.Sen. Remembering the life of John Lewis. John Lewis: Photos From a Life Spent Getting Into Good Trouble. Al Sharpton, Evelyn Lowery, the Rev.
Lewis dropped his support for Clinton's presidential bid in February 2008 in favor of then-Sen. Barack Obama.Lewis is led away in handcuffs by a Secret Service officer during an act of civil disobedience to protest the Sudanese government's ongoing genocide in Darfur in April 2009 outside the Sudan Embassy in Washington, D.C.Lewis speaks during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., in June 1964. Hillary Clinton waves as she and Lewis meet during a campaign stop in Atlanta where he announced his support for Clinton in October 2007. Photo Gallery. Andrew Young lead a procession behind the casket of Jimmy Lee Jackson during a funeral service in Marion, Ala., in March 1965. Clete Kiley sing at the end of a church service in March 2007 in Selma, Ala.Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Lewis share a laugh at a get-out-the-vote volunteer canvass kickoff event in Las Vegas in October 2010.From left, Rep. Pramila Jayapa;, president of CASA in Action Gustavo Torre;, Lewis; Rep. Raul Grijalva; and Rep. Judy Chu march to the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a protest in June 2018 in Washington.President John F. Kennedy poses in August 1963 at the White House with a group of leaders of the March on Washington.