John Lewis, a civil rights and congressional leader, died at the age of 80 on July 17. The Georgia Democrat spent three decades in Congress defending the gains he had helped achieve for people of ...

John Lewis leaves behind a storied legacy of ... At 23, his powerful rhetoric and oratory prowess at the March on Washington in 1963 drew nearly as much attention as Martin Luther King's ...

U.S. Congressman John Lewis is photographed at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on June 21. Lewis was the youngest speaker at the "March on Washington," 50 years ago. (Nikki Kahn/The ...

Rep. John Lewis, who died on Friday at the age of 80, made history when he delivered a speech at the 1963 March on Washington, an event that also included the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech by ...

Fifty years ago, 23-year-old John Lewis raised his ... to join us in issuing the call for the March on Washington. And that is why, when you look at the pictures of the march now, it's remarkable ...

John Lewis poured in, many recalled his powerful and moving speech at the March on Washington. But while still fiery and poignant, the speech he delivered was considerably less radical than his ...

At the time of the first March on Washington in 1963, John Lewis was 23 years old and the youngest speaker to move the estimated quarter-million marchers with his urgent call for true equality.

In 1963, a young John Lewis arrived at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom prepared to excoriate the Kennedy administration, which many racial justice activists viewed as lacking moral ...

Fifty years ago Wednesday, John Lewis was the youngest speaker to address the estimated quarter-million people at the March on Washington. "Those who have said be patient and wait — we must say ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech 60 years ago, the moment became etched in the nation’s memory through his words and through photos of King waving to the ...

His biography of John Lewis, for Simon & Schuster, will be published next year. The tides of history sand down complex events to smooth, shiny baubles, and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs ...