John Lewis

Thousands march in Washington, citing civil and voting rights

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No Fear Rally in Washington DC, July 20, 2021.
Representative John Lewis stands 370

Trump snubs civil right icon Lewis, cites absence at 2017 inauguration

Lewis was buried last week after an emotional service in Atlanta attended by three of the nation's four living past presidents.

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the service during the funeral of late U.S. Congressman John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives who died July 17, at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. July 30, 2020

Civil rights icon John Lewis praised by past presidents at funeral

Obama and others spoke or sang in front of the American flag-draped casket bearing Lewis's body at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. once preached.

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Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017

My mentor John Lewis was the embodiment of Jewish values - opinion

In many ways, John Lewis lived a life in the tradition of Jewish prophets.

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John Lewis and the Jews: 6 moments that showcase an enduring alliance

Here are six Jewish moments from Lewis’ long and storied career working toward justice in America.

JULY 21, 2020ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
John Lewis, D-Ga., and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in t

4 lessons we can learn from civil rights hero John Lewis – opinion

Lewis was a civil rights leader, a legislator, an author, and a mentor to many. But he was always a preacher.

JULY 20, 2020ByMARK PELAVIN/JTA
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017

Jewish organizations mourn passing of Representative John Lewis

Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80.

JULY 18, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017