As a congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has inspired the lives of many throughout his lifetime. While Lewis’ funeral Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church will be a private ...

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Congressman John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives who died July ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WRBL) – Presidents, dignitaries, family, friends, and leaders from around the country came together to honor the life and legacy of late Congressman John Lewis Thursday in Atlanta. A ...

ATLANTA — While the world continues to grapple with the loss of civil rights titan Rep. John Lewis, the work turns to celebrate his life and legacy. Lewis' family released details of the Celebration ...

Late on the night of Monday, April 8, 1968, John Lewis, then an organizer on Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, accompanied the candidate and his wife, Ethel, to Ebenezer Baptist Church on ...

John Lewis "loved America until America learned to love him back," the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church said at the funeral for the civil rights hero Thursday in Atlanta. The private funeral, where ...

ATLANTA — The funeral for the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis will be held Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led.

ATLANTA — The late Rep. John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta today, in a final farewell to a hero of the Civil Rights Movement and a man who served more than three decades in Congress, coming to be ...

ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis’ example and fight injustice.