John Lewis

The people carrying on the legacy of John Lewis

Michael Collins, left, was the chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Lewis. He's now serving as a special assistant to Vice President Kamala Harris. “I never imagined what the congressman’s passing would mean to me,” Collins said recently. “It came in waves of processing his passing. He was a boss. He was a father figure. He was a mentor. He was a confidant. And I lost all of that at once.” (Curtis Compton/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Atlanta and nation hold events to honor Congressman John Lewis

Hundreds join bike ride in honor of Rep. John Lewis on anniversary of passing

PHOTOS: Events across U.S. pay homage to John Lewis

John Lewis left footprints across metro Atlanta

07/26/2020 - Selma, Alabama - The body of Rep. John Lewis is taken by horse drawn caisson across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during a farewell ceremonial crossing in Selma, Sunday, July 26, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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John Lewis’ final Pettus crossing offers ‘poetic justice'

Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020.

READ: Barack Obama’s eulogy of Rep. John Lewis

In 2018, two-year-old Pheonix Lewis and her mother Saidah Lewis, bumped into John Lewis at Atlantic Station. Naturally, they took a photo with the congressman. To mark his passing, Pheonix Lewis visited his mural and left flowers - and the photo.

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John Lewis: Man of the people

Rodney Crowell, right, performs in the Ryman Auditorium during a celebration of life marking the one-year anniversary of U.S. Rep. John Lewis's death Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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John Lewis tributes outside of Atlanta

John Lewis final march across Edmund Pettus Bridge

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Watch: John Lewis' final crossing over Edmund Pettus Bridge

July 25, 2020 Troy - The casket of Congressman Lewis is brought out by joint honor guards after a service celebrating "The Boy from Troy" at Trojan Arena in Troy University on Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Alabama: Hometown and family bid farewell

After two days of memorial services in Alabama, U.S. Rep. John Lewis is now in Washington for a final visit to the U.S. Capitol.

Washington honors ‘the conscience of the Congress’ in Capitol ceremony

7/29/20 - 7/29/20 - Atlanta, GA - A ceremony is held in the Capitol Rotunda where Rep. John Lewis will lie in state. On the fifth day of the “Celebration of Life” for Rep. John Lewis, Lewis’s body and and family members returned to Georgia for ceremonies at the State Capitol where he will also lie in state until his funeral on Thursday. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.shin@ajc.com

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Atlanta: Georgia celebrates John Lewis at the State Capitol

Georgia's John Lewis lies in state at the state capitol in Atlanta. The Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke about the civil rights icon who died July 17.

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Tributes from Keisha Lance Bottoms, Brian Kemp, Calvin Smyre

Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr pays tribute to Rep. John Lewis

Memorable quotes, key moments from Atlanta funeral

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Last Words: An essay Lewis wrote shortly before his death

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People comfort each other while visiting a memorial being built at an entrance to Oxford High School on December 1, 2021, following an active shooter situation at Oxford High School that left four students dead and multiple others with injuries. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

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The spot where an obelisk confederate monument once stodd on the courthouse grounds, is shown before a press conference occurs in reference to it in Decatur. DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger declared the monument that was erected in 1908 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to be a public nuisance that should be removed. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION AJC FILE PHOTO

Fundraising campaign launched for John Lewis memorial in DeKalb

Congressman John Lewis contributed to two posthumous books published this month.
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Bookshelf: Posthumous John Lewis books ‘his gift to the world’

Rodney Crowell, right, performs in the Ryman Auditorium during a celebration of life marking the one-year anniversary of U.S. Rep. John Lewis's death Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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John Lewis tributes outside of Atlanta

People light their candles during the Good Trouble Vigil in Vine City on Saturday evening, July 17, 2021. Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis. “Good trouble” was Lewis’ signature phrase, and, since his death, it has become shorthand for his approach that included nonviolent protest, activism and left-leaning politics. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Atlanta and nation hold events to honor Congressman John Lewis on anniversary of his...

Michael Collins, left, was the chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Lewis. He's now serving as a special assistant to Vice President Kamala Harris. “I never imagined what the congressman’s passing would mean to me,” Collins said recently. “It came in waves of processing his passing. He was a boss. He was a father figure. He was a mentor. He was a confidant. And I lost all of that at once.” (Curtis Compton/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The people carrying on the legacy of John Lewis

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus embraces U.S. Rep. John Lewis in 2017 as they unveil a rendering of a ship to be named after the Georgia congressman. (Courtesy: Office of John Lewis)

Christening of John Lewis naval ship will mark one year after his death

A man takes a photo of the new John Lewis statue at Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Vine City in Atlanta, GA., on Wednesday, June 7, 2021. (Photo/ Jenn Finch for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Credit: Jenn Finch

John Lewis statue rises in Vine City’s new park

A man takes a photo of the new John Lewis statue at Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Vine City in Atlanta, GA., on Wednesday, June 7, 2021. (Photo/ Jenn Finch for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Credit: Jenn Finch

John Lewis statue rises in Vine City’s new park

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