Former President Barack Obama eulogized civil rights icon John Lewis on Thursday before the late congressman’s body was laid to rest in Atlanta, drawing a comparison between the battles Lewis ...

Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy today honoring Representative John Lewis of Georgia, who died July 17 after a decades-long career in the House of Representatives.

Iconic lawmaker John Lewis will serve as a beacon of "dignity and respect" in American culture for generations, former President Barack Obama said Thursday at his funeral in Atlanta. "He believed ...

Obama delivers eulogy for John Lewis, makes impassioned call for voting rights 40:03. On Thursday afternoon, Representative John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta, where he lived and served as a ...

Today, the world will say goodbye to late Congressman John Lewis for the last time. Front and center will be one of his most fierce and well-known admirers, former President Barack Obama. The 44th ...

Former President Barack Obama gives the eulogy at the funeral service for the late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) at Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images ...

Civil rights icon and American hero John Lewis died five years ago, on July 17, 2020, but his legacy of making “good trouble” ...

CHICAGO - Former President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Lewis' bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in Selma in 1965 helped ...

John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis' example and fight injustice.

Kelefa Sanneh reviews “John Lewis: A Life,” a new book by David Greenberg, about the civil-rights leader and Georgia congressman.