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John Lewis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1987 – July 17, 2020
AsíwájúWyche Fowler
Arọ́pòVacant
3rd Alága igbimọ akékọ̀ álá'laafià
In office
June 1963 – May 1966
AsíwájúCharles McDew
Arọ́pòKwame Ture
Àwọn àlàyé onítòhún
Ọjọ́ìbí
John Robert Lewis

(1940-02-21)Oṣù Kejì 21, 1940
Troy, Alabama, U.S.
AláìsíJuly 17, 2020(2020-07-17) (ọmọ ọdún 80)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Ẹgbẹ́ olóṣèlúDemocratic
(Àwọn) olólùfẹ́
Lillian Miles
(m. 1968; died 2012)
Àwọn ọmọJohn-Miles Lewis
EducationAmerican Baptist College (BA)
Fisk University (BA)
WebsiteHouse website

John Robert Lewis (Oṣù Èrèré 21, 1940 – Oṣù Agẹmọ 17, 2020) jẹ́ olósèlù ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè America, àti ajìjà gbara tí ó jẹ́ asojú ní ilé ìgbìmọ̀ aṣòfin Goeorgia láti ọdún 1987 sí ọdún 2020 tí ó fi di olóògbé[1].

Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀pẹ̀pẹ̀ ayé rẹ̀ àti ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀.

[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]

Ẹ̀gbẹ́ Troy, Alabama ni wọ́n bí John Robert Lewis sí ní oṣù Èrèré 21, 1940. Òun ni ọmọ kẹ́ta nínú ọmọ mẹ́wàá tí Willie Mae àti Eddie Lewis bí.[2][3][4] Àgbẹ̀ ayálégbé tí ó máa ń fi erè oko rẹ̀ sanwó ilé ní àwọn òbí John ní abulé Pike County, Alabama, èyí tí Troy jẹ́ orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ̀.[5][6].

lGẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọdé, wu Lewis láti jẹ́ oníwàásù.[7] Ní ìgbà tí ó wà ní ọmọ ọdún márùn-ún ní ó ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní máa wàásù fuh àwọn edìyẹ tó wà ní oko wọn.[8] Lewis ní àǹfàní àti bá wọn aláwọ̀ funfun sọ̀rọ̀ nígbà tí ó wà ní kékeré, nígbà tí ó pé ọmọ ọdún mẹ́fà, aláwọ̀ funfun méjì péré níkàn ló ti bá sọ̀rọ̀. Ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ ni pé àwọn aláwọ̀ dúdú ni ó pọ̀ jù ní ibi tí wọ́n ń gbé, àgbẹ̀ sì ni àwọn ebí rẹ̀.[9] Ó ṣe àpèjúwe ẹ̀kọ́ àkọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ rẹ̀ ní ìlé-ìwé kékeré tí kò jìnà sí ilé òun. Rosenwald School ni orúkọ ilé-ìwé ọ̀hún, ìlé-ìwé yìí nìkan ni ilé-ìwé tí wọ́n ní agbègbè wọ́n.[10]

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  1. "John Lewis". Biography. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2022-02-21. 
  2. Stated on Finding Your Roots, PBS, March 25, 2012.
  3. Lewis, John (October 18, 1999). Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 15. ISBN 9780156007085. 
  4. Seelye, Katharine Q. (July 17, 2020). "John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon and Congressman, Dies at 80". The New York Times: p. A1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/john-lewis-dead.html. Retrieved August 2, 2022. 
  5. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963–1973, Part Two Carson, Clayborne, Garrow, David, Kovach, Polsgrove, Carol (Editorial Advisory Board), (Library of America: 2003) ISBN 978-1-931082-29-7, pp. 15–16, 48, 56, 84, 323, 374, 384, 392, 491–94, 503, 505, 513, 556, 726, 751, 846, 873.
  6. Lewis, John. Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. San Diego: Harcourt Brace. p. xv. 
  7. Lemley, John; Johns, Myke (August 28, 2013). "Congressman John Lewis on March". WABE FM. Atlanta. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) (NPR station)
  8. Banks, Adelle M. (July 18, 2020). "Died: John Lewis, Preaching Politician and Civil Rights Leader". Christianity Today. Religion News Service. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/died-john-lewis-baptist-minister-civil-rights-leader.html. 
  9. John Lewis (1998). Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-15-600708-5. https://archive.org/details/walkingwithwindm00lewi/page/19/mode/2up?q=%22just+two+white+people%22. Retrieved February 7, 2021. 
  10. Jannol, Hannah (December 7, 2017). "The Little Known Story Of How A Jewish Sears Exec. Helped His African-American Neighbors". Jewish Week. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)