John Lewis, the celebrated civil-rights movement leader and congressman, will be honored at one final funeral service before he is laid to rest at the South-View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, on ...

Lewis was one of the most prominent civil rights icons, inspiring multiple generations. Since 1987, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th district (D). The private ...

It’s impossible to overstate the symbolic and actual significance of the funeral service held on Thursday for John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died on July 17. “I’ve come here today because I, ...

Three former presidents came together to honor Congressman John Lewis at his funeral in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, completing a week of memorial services for the longtime lawmaker and civil rights ...

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Inside a room in the Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, two closed caskets rested side by side. The men inside the caskets met each other 60 years ago when they were both fighting for civil rights as ...

2020-07-30T20:41:44-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/174/20200730095844010_hd.jpgFriends and family paid tribute to Representative John Lewis (D-GA) at a funeral ...

It's impossible to overstate the symbolic and actual significance of the funeral service held on Thursday for John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died on July 17. It's impossible to overstate the ...

Former congressman John Lewis will be laid to rest on Thursday after a funeral service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET. The ...

Former congressman John Lewis will be laid to rest on Thursday after a funeral service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET. The ...