John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones said ... He endured an attack from a Klansman in Rock Hill, S.C., and was nearly beaten to death in Alabama and Mississippi for trying to use the ...

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...

Fifty or more Syracusans, led by Father Charles Brady, took real risks to make our society more just, says the letter writer.

John Lewis championed voting rights and civil rights ... Lewis and others were beaten and arrested after crossing the Selma, Alabama bridge during the Selma to Montgomery March on March 7, 1965.

Donald Trump kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend by criticizing civil-rights icon John Lewis and accusing him ... Alabama —where he was beaten by a state trooper who fractured his ...

Gray recalled the last time he spoke to longtime friend U.S. Rep. John Lewis about a week before Lewis' death. Lewis was ...

Protesters were tear gassed and beaten. A young man named John Lewis suffered a fractured skull. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis and others, the protestors returned later that month and ...