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 ...

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 ...

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,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones ... He was also involved in a historic event, helping plan the 1963 March on Washington as one of the Big Six — the men who were leading the ...

Lewis, a lifelong nonviolent activist ... and the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington. "America was built by John Lewises," Obama said, to a roar of applause.

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 ...

an 18-year-old student at the Washington State School for the Blind, received one of two 2024 John Lewis Youth Leadership Awards. University of Puget Sound student Iliana Barnes Diaz, 21 ...

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 ...