Lewis, John, 1940-2020

Authoritative Name:
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
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.
Associated Subjects:
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Lewis, John, 1940-2020--Trials, litigation, etc.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

426 items in 34 collections (expand all)

Advanced Southern Labor School materials, Gulfport (Miss.), 1981

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Pollard, William Edward, 1915-2013
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Czarnecki, Ed
McCaughan, Cynthia
Shields, Dorothy Jones
Southern Labor School
Date of Original:
1981
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Committee for Survival, press release, 1980

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Committee for Survival
Date of Original:
1980
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Georgia 5th Congressional District special election, 1977

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Georgia State AFL-CIO
Date of Original:
1977
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

March on Washington, 20th Anniversary

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Searcy, Emory, Jr.
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Date of Original:
1983
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change, correspondence and printed materials, 1975

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Morris, Calvin S.
Meany, George, 1894-1980
AFL-CIO
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Name files, Kennedy - Lomax, 1961-1982

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Date of Original:
1961/1982
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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African American woman and a white clergyman seated behind the pulpit at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1965-01
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Alabama state troopers confronting civil rights marchers who have crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Lankford, Tom
Date of Original:
1965-03-07
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Alabama state troopers pushing civil rights marchers on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Lankford, Tom
Date of Original:
1965-03-07
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Bernard Lafayette, John Lewis, and other Freedom Riders at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Adams, Robert
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1961-05
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights leaders laying a wreath at the site of Viola Liuzzo's murder in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, during the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Gordon, Tom
Date of Original:
1985-03-04
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights leaders meeting with Governor George Wallace in his office at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1985-03-07
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Bill Clinton speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee.

Date of Original:
2000-03-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Congressman John Lewis and Governor Fob James with Spider Martin, who had just received a Distinguished Citizen Service Award from the Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission.

Date of Original:
1997-08-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Congressman John Lewis and Governor Fob James with Spider Martin, who had just received a Distinguished Citizen Service Award from the Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission.

Date of Original:
1997-08-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Congressman John Lewis shaking hands with a man before or after an award presentation to photographer Spider Martin by the Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission.

Date of Original:
1997-08-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee.

Date of Original:
2000-03-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Governor Fob James and Congressman John Lewis looking at a Distinguished Citizen Service Award plaque that was presented to photographer Spider Martin by the Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission.

Date of Original:
1997-08-05
Collection:
Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Interview with Julian Bond, September 14, 1997

Creator:
Bond, Julian, 1940-
Date of Original:
1997-09-14
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990

Creator:
Zellner, Bob
Date of Original:
1990-11-03
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Atlanta councilman John Lewis, 1982

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1982-10-11
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Candidate John Lewis announcing his bid for city council, 1981

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1981-07-08
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Candidate John Lewis announcing his bid for the 5th District congressional seat, 1986

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1986-02-06
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Candidate John Lewis poses in defeat after losing an election to Wyche Fowler Jr., 1977

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1977-04-06
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Candidate John Lewis views the vandalism at his campaign headquarters during his run for the 5th District seat, 1986

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1986-04-08
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Candidate John Lewis views the vandalism at his campaign headquarters during his run for the 5th District seat, 1986

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1986-04-08
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1975
Collection:
Boyd Lewis Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center
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Hank Thomas : Video Interview

Creator:
Young, Andrew
Date of Original:
2009
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

J.T. Johnson : Video Interview

Creator:
Young, Andrew
Date of Original:
2009
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

The Heroic Stories of the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Whose Brave Struggle Helped Pass the Civil Right Act of 1964

Creator:
St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Rememberance Project
Date of Original:
2011-05-14
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Freedom Rides

Creator:
Eckelmann, Susan
Date of Original:
2008-07-24
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:
Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:
1967/1974
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Baker--Ella Baker papers, 1959-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 628

Creator:
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Date of Original:
1960/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, February-August 19, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 6)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964-02
1964-03
1964-04
1964-05
1964-06
1964-07
1964-08
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1962/1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Miscellaneous COFO and SNCC material, 1963-1964, n.d. (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1963/1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Annie Devine speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Annie Devine speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Annie Devine speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Annie Devine speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Ralph Abernathy speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Ralph Abernathy speaking at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rock Hill integration demonstrations--outtakes. 1961-02-13.

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1961-02-13
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Americus Movement

Creator:
Robins, Glenn
Date of Original:
2008-02-29
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Creator:
Spider Martin
Date of Original:
1965-03-07
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Freedom Rides

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2008-04-11
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

John Lewis

Creator:
Trikosko, Marion S.
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

John Lewis

Date of Original:
1940/2020
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

John Lewis

Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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John Lewis, 30 May 2012.

Creator:
Short, Bob, 1932
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Date of Original:
2012-05-30
Collection:
Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

[Events honoring Rosa Parks, Washington, D.C.] [graphic].

Date of Original:
1950/1994
Collection:
Rosa Parks Papers
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-04-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-03-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Lewis, John

Date of Original:
1985/1989
Collection:
Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Lewis, John

Date of Original:
1985/1989
Collection:
Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 131

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1985-04-04
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 151

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1986-01-16
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 74

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1983-08-15
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Julian Bond, William Whitney, John Lewis and Calvin Harris at VEP meeting

Creator:
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Cagle, Larry
Date of Original:
1972-09-05
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

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Oral history interview of Rudolph Valentine Archer

Creator:
Roseman, Malcolm
Archer, Rudolph Valentine
Date of Original:
2003-09-25
Collection:
Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

C. T. (Cordy Tindell) Vivian interview

Creator:
Vivian, C.T. (Cordy Tindell), 1924-
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-03-09
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

C. T. (Cordy Tindell) Vivian interview (Part 2)

Creator:
Vivian, C. T. (Cordy Tindell), 1924-
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-03-15
2006-04-06
2006-05-02
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Fay Bellamy Powell interview

Creator:
Powell, Fay Bellamy
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-01-19
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Jesse Hill interview

Creator:
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-08-11
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John Lewis and others pray during demonstration

Creator:
Lyon, Danny
Date of Original:
1962/1964
Collection:
Voices of Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans protesting for the release of arrested women in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 28

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1965-07-28
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a press conference with comments by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. about the Freedom Ride, Montgomery, Alabama, 1961 May 23

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1961-05-23
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips 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

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1963-08-28
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) discussing the "Black Power" philosophy, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966 May 23

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1966-05-23
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans reacting negatively to mayor Sam Massell's speech on politics and government, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 October 6

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1971-10-06
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans reacting to a speech by mayor Sam Massell, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 October 6

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1971-10-06
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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WSFA audiovisual item D148.0006

Date of Original:
1964-03
1965-03
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Educator Resources:

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Excerpts from the March on Washington, part 3

Date of Original:
1941/1964
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation

March on Washington flyers

Creator:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date of Original:
1950/1963
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)