Celebrated as one of the civil rights movement’s most courageous young leaders, John Lewis, a founding member and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), …

1 day ago · Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would go on to become the voice of the movement. In 1955, he served as the spokesman for the Montgomery bus boycott.

2 days ago · John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) traveled a great distance during his eighty years, moving from poverty to protest to politics. ... Martin Luther King Jr. of the Southern Christian …

1 day ago · Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis key figures in Civil Rights movement. WSBTV.com News Staff. Tue, February 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM UTC. 1 min read. Georgia was at the center of …

From left to right, pictured are: W.Willard Wirtz, Floyd McKissick, Matthew H. Ahmann, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Joachim Prinz, Eugene Carson …

In 1955, Lewis first heard Martin Luther King Jr. on the radio, [18] and he closely followed King's Montgomery bus boycott later that year. [19] At age 15, Lewis preached his first public …

Mar 28, 2018 · A civil rights leader in the 1960s, John Lewis was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia from 1987 until his death in 2020. Read more in LIFE Martin …

Apr 4, 2018 · John Lewis, now a Georgia congressman, was the teenage son of Alabama sharecroppers when he first met Martin Luther King Jr., 60 years ago. One of the last surviving …

Apr 5, 2021 · In 1955, John Lewis first heard Martin Luther King Jr. on the radio, and he closely followed King’s Montgomery bus boycott later that year. At age 15, Lewis preached his first …

Aug 28, 2013 · US Congressman John Lewis is the last surviving speaker from the March on Washington 50 years ago. The student activist turned civil rights leader spoke on the steps of …