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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLEWIS, John R.
(1940—)
LEWIS, John R., a Representative from Georgia; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., February 21, 1940; attended public schools; B.A., American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, Tenn., 1961; B.A., Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1967; director of ACTION, 1977-1980; community affairs director, National Consumer Co-op Bank, Atlanta, 1980-1986; member of the Atlanta, Ga., city council, 1982-1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-present).
Bibliography
Lewis, John, with Michael D’Orso. Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Reprint, San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999.
Halberstam, David. The Children
. New York: Random House, 1998.
Hill, Christine M. John Lewis: From Freedom Rider to Congressman
. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2002.
“John Lewis” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989
. Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991.
Lewis, John, with Michael D’Orso. Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Reprint, San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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