John Lewis

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American politician and civil rights leader (1940-2020)

United States PoliticiansLived 1940 to 2020 · aged 80

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John Robert Lewis was an American civil rights activist and statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.

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Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. Lewis is fourth from left.

Leaders of the March on Washington, 1963. Lewis is second from right.

Lewis in 1964

Lewis with President Jimmy Carter in 1979

Lewis greets President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1987

An official portrait of Lewis

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Awards 15

2017Inkpot Award

2017Michael L. Printz Award

2017Glyph Comics Award for Best Writer

2017Walter Dean Myers Award

2016National Book Award for Young People's Literature

2011Presidential Medal of Freedom

2002Spingarn Medal

2001Profile in Courage Award

1999Wallenberg Medal

1999Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

1998Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights

1998Lillian Smith Book Award

Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech

Library of Congress Living Legend

Sibert Medal

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