Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21-
Biography:
"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"--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Black History Month 2004 : A Civil Rights Resource (C-SPAN)
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
- Highlander Folk School: A Photographic History (Highlander Research and Education Center)
- Photograph of Ann Lockwood Romasco, Bernard Lafayette, John Lewis, and others sitting in audience listening, Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph of Avon W. Pollins, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Marion Barry, Jr. John Lewis, and Ella Baker singing, Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee (Black-and-white photographs)
- Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
- Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Angeline Butler, 2005 March (Sound recordings)
- Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27 (Sound recordings)
- Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23 (Black-and-white photographs)
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
- Selma to Montgomery : A March for the Right to Vote : A Visual History by Spider Martin (Spider Martin Photograph Collection)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a page of typewritten notes taken during an executive committee meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960s (Records (documents))
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John Lewis following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 25 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Voices of Freedom: The Virginia Civil Rights Movement (Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty (Library of Congress)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of a press conference with comments by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. about the Freedom Ride, Montgomery, Alabama, 1961 May 23 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans protesting for the release of arrested women in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 28 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans reacting negatively to mayor Sam Massell's speech on politics and government, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 October 6 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans reacting to a speech by mayor Sam Massell, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 October 6 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of civil rights workers protesting segregation during a sit-in at two Toddle House restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 December (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meeting with president John F. Kennedy at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1963 August 28 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of press conference with Reverend Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Reverend J. R. Campbell of the Sumter County Movement speaking about civil rights demonstrations in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 26 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of students singing freedom songs and Christmas carols in front of the home of Ivan Allen, Junior, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1963 December 23 (Moving images)
Educator Resources
- Americus (Franklin College of Arts and Sciences (University of Georgia))
- Freedom Riders: The Children Shall Lead (University of Mississippi)
- SNCC 1960-1966 : Six Years of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (ibiblio.org)
- Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection (WGBH Educational Foundation)