At age 23, the former chairman of SNCC stepped up to the podium to deliver a powerful speech to thousands on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. National Treasure: The Mold Behind the Miracle of ...

by John Lewis During the early discussions about the march, it was never our design to come to Washington to support any particular piece of civil rights legislation. But before the march ...

The program at the Lincoln Memorial featured an impressive roster of speakers—including John Lewis—and closed with Dr ... On 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Smithsonian's National ...

An oral history of the March on Washington: http://j.mp/1feuQK3 John Lewis, Eleanor Holmes Norton and others relive the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — When John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman ... It was a creed that guided him as he helped organize the 1963 March on Washington; that led to police severely ...

US presidents and foreign leaders have joined the tributes to civil rights icon John Lewis ... historic 1963 March on Washington. Barack Obama is among those who have praised Lewis's legacy.

Rep John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement and later US congressman, has died at the age of 80. Lewis was one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders, which included Martin Luther King Jr ...

David Greenberg’s new book John Lewis: A Life is the definitive biography ... from young Freedom Rider and speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, through his severe beating on “Bloody ...