John Lewis

1 day ago - John Robert Lewis was born near Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940, the third of ten children of Willie Mae (née Carter) and Eddie Lewis. His parents were sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama, of which Troy was the county seat.

October 22, 2025 - 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 ...

January 12, 2021 - John Robert Lewis was born outside of Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940. Lewis had a happy childhood — though he needed to work hard to assist his sharecropper parents — but he chafed against the unfairness of segregation.

March 1, 2023 - Congressman John Lewis was born to sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, near Troy, Alabama. He passed away on July 17, 2020, after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

John Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, in Troy, Alabama, one of 10 children of Eddie and Willie Mae Lewis. To escape the exploitative system of sharecropping prevalent across the South, his parents saved enough money to purchase a 110-acre ...

John Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is a politician and civil rights leader. One of the original Freedom Riders, he was a founder and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which organized student activism in the 1960s.

January 18, 2022 - Rep. John Lewis, born February 21, 1940, died on July 17 at the age of 80. He was a leader of the civil rights movement and longtime U.S. congressman from Atlanta. He marched with Dr.

June 13, 2022 - WHEREAS, John Robert Lewis, who was sometimes called the "Boy from Troy" was born on February 21, 1940 near Troy, Alabama; Congressman John Lewis died in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 80 on July 17, 2020; and

October 19, 2020 - There was perhaps no single figure whose own life and career embodied the promise, success, and continued challenges of civil rights for Black Americans than John Lewis. Born in 1940 in Alabama, Lewis was at the forefront of the Civil Rights ...

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July 18, 2020 - He has been called “the conscience ... widespread respect in the chamber.” · He was born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, outside of Troy, Alabama....

June 3, 2022 - John Lewis was born in 1940 near Troy, Alabama, on a farm where his parents worked as sharecroppers. His parents later purchased 110 acres of their own to farm with the help of John and his nine brothers and sisters, as The New York Times reported.

1 week ago - John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of ...

May 11, 2020 - John Lewis. Self: John Lewis: Good Trouble. John Lewis was born on 21 February 1940 in Troy, Alabama, USA. He was married to Lillian Miles. He died on 17 July 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

January 24, 2023 - Congressman John Lewis in his Washington, D.C., office in 2018Photograph by Rebecca Hale, National Geographic · Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, in rural Alabama. His parents ...

October 5, 2023 - Lewis remained at the vanguard of the civil rights movement until his death at the age of 80. Born on February 21, 1940, in Pike County, John Lewis was one of ten children of sharecroppers Eddie and Willie Mae Carter Lewis.

Celebrated as one of the civil ... who, more than any other, continued to influence my life, who made me who I was” (Lewis, 412). Born on 21 February 1940, Lewis was raised on a farm near Troy, Alabama, where his parents were sharecroppers....

John Robert Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, near the town of Troy, Alabama.

April 5, 2022 - In the Montgomery bus terminal, he was again attacked by a mob and brutally beaten. John Lewis, age 23, speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the historic March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

February 21, 2025 - John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy, Alabama, in 1940.He would listen to the broadcasts of Martin Luther King Jr.