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John Lewis, Congressman and Civil Rights Pioneer: 1940-2020
Lewis died on July 17, 2020 at the age of 80. As a child, John Robert Lewis preached to chickens on his family’s farm in Troy, Alabama. As a young man, “the Boy from Troy” faced club-wielding troopers on a bridge in Selma. He would eventually become a United States congressman, representing the state of Georgia. Such was his stature, he was often referred to as the “Conscience of Congress.” He was also the author of a series of graphic novels and once appeared in animated form on the PBS children’s series “Arthur.”
John Lewis, Civil Rights Pioneer, 1940-2020
“We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.” – John Lewis
