John Lewis
John Lewis shouldn’t be confused with John L. Lewis, who was born in 1880 and served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920-1960… John Lewis married the former Lillian Miles in 1968; she died in 2012. They had one son, John-Miles, whom they adopted as an infant in 1976… John Lewis announced on December 29, 2019 that he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer; he died seven months later… John Lewis interrupted his studies at Fisk University to serve as chairman of the SNCC. According to a memorial post on the university’s website, “At the age of 20 and a recent graduate of American Baptist Theological Seminary, Congressman Lewis enrolled at Fisk University in 1961 to pursue a degree in religion and philosophy. He would prematurely end his studies at Fisk, taking on a more significant role as the National Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a position he held until 1965. Congressmen Lewis returned to Fisk and completed his studies earning his A.B. Degree in 1967.”
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a special section on his life and times
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Nice recap of his life from his home state
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Now posthumous, but a wonderful archive of his last few years
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From 2017: John Lewis talks to CBS News about his life of activism
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