John Lewis

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civil rights activist human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

John Lewis was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime U.S. congressman known for his nonviolent activism, including his leadership in the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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Label Occurrences
John Lewis canonical 30
John Lewis (civil rights leader) 1
John Lewis was chairman of SNCC 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
coAuthor Andrew Aydin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-02-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-07-17 ⓘ
educatedAt American Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ
Fisk University ⓘ
employer United States House of Representatives ⓘ
endTime 1966 ⓘ
2020-07-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Lewis ⓘ
fieldOfWork human rights ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
genre nonfiction ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix The Honorable ⓘ
knownFor leadership in the civil rights movement ⓘ
longtime service in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
nonviolent activism ⓘ
memberOf Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableWork autobiography "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement" ⓘ
graphic novel trilogy "March" ⓘ
leadership in the Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
surface form: 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Freedom Rides ⓘ
Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
placeOfBirth Troy, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th congressional district ⓘ
religion Baptists ⓘ
surface form: Baptist
residence Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1963 ⓘ
1987-01-03 ⓘ

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American civil rights movement → keyFigure → John Lewis ⓘ
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → hasParticipant → John Lewis ⓘ
Selma to Montgomery marches → participant → John Lewis ⓘ
Spingarn Medal → notableRecipient → John Lewis ⓘ
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → associatedWithPerson → John Lewis ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → keyPerson → John Lewis ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → positionHeld → John Lewis ⓘ
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Freedom Rides → participant → John Lewis ⓘ
Turnaround Tuesday → ledBy → John Lewis ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge → associatedWithPerson → John Lewis ⓘ
Amelia Boynton Robinson → collaboratedWith → John Lewis ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → keyParticipant → John Lewis ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → injuredPerson → John Lewis ⓘ
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Nashville sit-ins → organizedBy → John Lewis ⓘ
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We Shall Overcome → closelyAssociatedWith → John Lewis ⓘ
Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → John Lewis ⓘ
Troy, Alabama, United States → birthplaceOf → John Lewis ⓘ
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subject surface form: March (graphic novel trilogy)
Andrew Aydin → collaboratedWith → John Lewis ⓘ
Andrew Aydin → writesAbout → John Lewis ⓘ
Congressional Black Caucus → notableMember → John Lewis ⓘ
Lewis → hasNotableBearer → John Lewis ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Lewis (civil rights leader)
Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights → hasNotableRecipient → John Lewis ⓘ
American Baptist Theological Seminary → hasAlumnus → John Lewis ⓘ
Fisk University → hasNotableAlumni → John Lewis ⓘ
Lillian Smith Book Award → notableWinner → John Lewis ⓘ
James Lawson → influenced → John Lewis ⓘ
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → John Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: El Camino Memorial Park
this entity surface form: John R. Lewis