Remembering the Birmingham Church Bombing Remembering the March on Washington Joyce Ladner and the Media of the March on Washington Courtland Cox’s View From the March on Washington ...

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 ...

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ... featured an impressive roster of speakers—including John Lewis—and ...

John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ... In 1963, he was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

John Lewis Lewis, who was the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington, was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in December. He shared images of himself standing in Black ...

John Lewis championed voting rights and civil ... He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Lewis ...

John Lewis: A Life' will look back on the ... his journey to becoming the youngest person to speak at the 1963 March on Washington. The book will also touch on one of the darkest moments of ...

Congressman John Lewis Freedom Parkway unveiling in Atlanta ... Rights activists who helped organize and spoke at the 1963 March on Washington. Martin Luther King, Jr. was also a member of ...

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: Amelia Earhart Designed a New ...