It’s impossible to overstate the symbolic and actual significance of the funeral service held on Thursday for John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died on July 17. “I’ve come here today because I, ...

2020-07-30T20:41:44-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/174/20200730095844010_hd.jpgFriends and family paid tribute to Representative John Lewis (D-GA) at a funeral ...

Today, the world honored John Lewis as he was memorialized at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Dignitaries, family and former constituents took part in the service that began at 11 a.m.

ATLANTA — The late Rep. John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta today, in a final farewell to a hero of the Civil Rights Movement and a man who served more than three decades in Congress, coming to be ...

Inside a room in the Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, two closed caskets rested side by side. The men inside the caskets met each other 60 years ago when they were both fighting for civil rights as ...

Few individuals have had as great of an impact on the United States as Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis. Following his death last week at age 80, six days of memorial events, services, and ...

(RNS) — Church bells and shofars sounded across the country as a group of family and friends — a reduced crowd due to the coronavirus pandemic — gathered Thursday (July 30) to remember Rep. John Lewis ...

Former President Bill Clinton, along with George W. Bush and Barack Obama, attended Rep. John Lewis' funeral Thursday. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., died at the age of 80 after announcing in December his ...

ATLANTA — John Lewis, an icon of Congress and the civil rights movement, was laid to rest Thursday in Atlanta, eulogized by former presidents and civil rights leaders who celebrated his commitment to ...

John Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader and United States Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, has died. He was 80 years old. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the ...

Former President Barack Obama will give the eulogy at US Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will attend the service, according to sources ...

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