John Lewis

Lewis was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. He fulfilled many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States. In 1965, Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. In an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state troopers and police attacked the marchers, including Lewis.
A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis was first elected to Congress in 1986 and served 17 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district he represented included most of Atlanta. Due to his length of service, he became the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. While in the House, Lewis was one of the leaders of the Democratic Party, serving from 1991 as a Chief Deputy Whip and from 2003 as a Senior Chief Deputy Whip. John Lewis received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Lewis also stood up for the injustice of other communities, including the Jewish community. In the wake of the 2014 Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting Lewis stated: "It is deeply tragic that such senseless brutality should occur on the eve of Passover, the time when Jews all over the world remember their liberation from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago." Lewis was called a “hero,” a “mensch” and “a special gift to the Jewish community” by those who knew and interacted with him. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Lewis, John
Published 1799
Published 1799
Printed and sold by J. Davenport. (6), Little Catherine-Street, Strand
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by Lewis, John
Published 1767
Published 1767
Printed for M. Hingeston, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar. and sold by R. Smith, at No. 23, the corner of Barnard's Inn, Holborn
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by Lewis, John
Published 1731
Published 1731
[printed by John March], sold by Thomas Page and William Mount on Tower-Hill; and William Parker at the King's-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard]
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by Lewis, John
Published 1716
Published 1716
printed for James Knapton, in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall
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by Lewis, John
Published 1765
Published 1765
printed for J. Exshaw, and T. Dyton, in Dame-Street, and J. Murphy, in Skinner-Row, Booksellers
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by Lewis, John
Published 1717
Published 1717
printed for T. Varnam, and J. Osborn, at the Oxford-Arms in Lombard-Street
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by Lewis, John
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for F. Gyles in Holborn, Mess. Woodman and Lyon in Covent-Garden, and C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Lewis, John
Published 1717
Published 1717
printed for James Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall