/tags/john-lewis john lewis en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:26:01 GMT /2020-07-19/calls-grow-to-honor-john-lewis-in-ways-both-symbolic-and-concrete Proposed ideas include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of the late congressman and passing expanded voting rights legislation in his name. Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:26:01 GMT /2020-07-19/calls-grow-to-honor-john-lewis-in-ways-both-symbolic-and-concrete Rachel Treisman /news-partners/2019-12-29/civil-rights-leader-rep-john-lewis-to-start-treatment-for-pancreatic-cancer The Georgia congressman, who spent decades fighting racial discrimination, says he's mounting his biggest battle yet: stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis will stay in office as he undergoes treatment. Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:34:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-29/civil-rights-leader-rep-john-lewis-to-start-treatment-for-pancreatic-cancer Emma Bowman /news-partners/2017-01-14/trump-attacks-civil-rights-hero-lewis-as-all-talk-after-he-questions-his-legitimacy The Georgia Democratic congressman said in an interview Friday he didn't view Trump as a "legitimate president" amid reports that Russian cyberattacks had intended to influence the elections. Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:14:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-01-14/trump-attacks-civil-rights-hero-lewis-as-all-talk-after-he-questions-his-legitimacy Jessica Taylor /news-partners/2016-11-16/colson-whitehead-rep-john-lewis-among-national-book-award-winners Six writers emerged with the literary prize: Whitehead in fiction; Ibram X. Kendi in nonfiction; Daniel Borzutzky in poetry; and Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell in young people's literature. Thu, 17 Nov 2016 03:48:00 GMT /news-partners/2016-11-16/colson-whitehead-rep-john-lewis-among-national-book-award-winners Colin Dwyer