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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
John Lewis was chairman of SNCC	1

Statements (49)

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 South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → associatedWithPerson → John Lewis ⓘ

Edmund Pettus Bridge → associatedWithPerson → John Lewis ⓘ

We Shall Overcome → closelyAssociatedWith → John Lewis ⓘ

Amelia Boynton Robinson → collaboratedWith → John Lewis ⓘ

South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States → hasNotableBurial → John Lewis ⓘ

subject surface form: South-View Cemetery

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → hasParticipant → John Lewis ⓘ

Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → John Lewis ⓘ

Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → injuredPerson → John Lewis ⓘ

American civil rights movement → keyFigure → John Lewis ⓘ

Nashville sit-ins → keyFigure → John Lewis ⓘ

Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → keyParticipant → John Lewis ⓘ

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → keyPerson → John Lewis ⓘ

Turnaround Tuesday → ledBy → John Lewis ⓘ

Spingarn Medal → notableRecipient → John Lewis ⓘ

Nashville sit-ins → organizedBy → John Lewis ⓘ

Freedom Rides → participant → John Lewis ⓘ

Selma to Montgomery marches → participant → John Lewis ⓘ

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → positionHeld → John Lewis ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Lewis was chairman of SNCC