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

Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀pẹ̀pẹ̀ ayé rẹ̀ àti ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀.

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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 (1999). Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. San Diego: Harcourt Brace. p. xv. https://archive.org/details/walkingwithwindm0000lewi.
  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)