Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman lent his heavenly voice to read the final words of his friend and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis on Thursday night’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word with ...

Lewis wrote that he was "inspired" during his final days by the ongoing protests sweeping the nation against racial injustice and police brutality, following the killing of George Floyd on May 25.

Even after his death, civil rights icon John Lewis has words of wisdom — and a plea — for those he left behind: let freedom ring.

The late Civil Rights icon and Georgia Representative John Lewis was laid to rest on Thursday. But he had one final thing to say. John Lewis’ last words appeared in The New York Times on ...

CIVIL rights activist John Lewis left one last message to the world before his passing, asking people to stand up for their beliefs. Part of his message read: “Though I may not be here with you ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The announcement came on the last Sunday of 2019. “I have been in some kind of fight—for freedom, equality, basic human rights—for nearly my entire life,” John Lewis ...

Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some last thoughts from Rep. John Lewis will be published this summer. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday that Lewis' “Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation ...