Deceased
Full Name:
John R. Lewis
Gender:
Male
Family:
Widowed: Lillian; 1 Child: John
Birth Date:
02/21/1940
Birth Place:
Troy, AL
Home City:
Atlanta, GA
Religion:
Protestant
BA, Philosophy/Religion, Fisk University, 1967
BA, Theology, American Baptist College of American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1961
Senior Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1991-2020
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 5, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 5, 1987-2020
Member, Atlanta City Council, 1982-1986
Candidate, Special Election, United States House of Representatives, 1977
Former Member, 21st Century Health Care Caucus
Former Member, Albanian Issues Caucus
Former Member, Brazil Caucus
Member, Caucus on Hellenic Issues
Member, Caucus on Human Trafficking
Former Member, Caucus on Turkey
Co-Chair, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Member, Congressional Black Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus
Member, Congressional Kidney Caucus
Member, Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Member, Congressional Soccer Caucus
Co-Chair, Congressional Structured Settlements Caucus
Member, Congressional Urban Caucus
Member, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Vision Caucus
Member, Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
Member, Diabetes Caucus
Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
Member, Foster Youth Caucus
Member, Fourth Amendment Caucus
Member, Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus
Member, Gaming Caucus
Member, Global Road Safety Caucus
Member, Green Schools Caucus
Former Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Historic Preservation Caucus
Member, House Cancer Caucus
Member, House Nursing Caucus
Member, House Rural Health Care Caucus
Member, House Trails Caucus
Former Member, Human Resources Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Human Resources Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Labor and Working Families Caucus
Member, Missing and Exploited Children Caucus
Member, Native American Caucus
Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
Member, Out of Poverty Caucus
Member, Pakistan Caucus
Member, Peanut Caucus
Member, Science, Technology, Engingeering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus
Member, Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus
Member, Tri-Caucus
Author, "Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change"
Co-Author, "MARCH"
Community Affairs Director, National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 1980-1986
Director, ACTION Federal Volunteer Agency, 1977-1980
Director, Voter Education Project, 1970-1977
Community Organization Director, Southern Regional Council, 1967-1970
Associate Director, Field Foundation, 1966-1967
Member, African American Institute, Martin Luther King Center for Social Change, present
Member, Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, present
Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption, present
Member, Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention, present
Member, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, present
Member, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Co-Founder, Southern Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966
Chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1963-1966
Coordinator, Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964
Astrological Sign:
Pisces
Awards:
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize
Hero Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation
President's Medal of Georgetown University
Golden Plate Award, Academy of Excellence
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
Capital Award, National Council of La Raza
The Spingarn Medal, NAACP
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award, National Education Association
Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama
US Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, Jefferson Awards
Dole Leadership Prize, Dole Institute of Politics
Walter P. Reuther Humanitarian Award, Wayne State University
Father's Occupation:
Sharecropper
Favorite Book:
The Bible
Favorite Movie:
Gandhi
Favorite Quote:
"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" - George Bernard Shaw, "Back to Methuselah"
"It is non-violence or non-existence." - Gandhi
Favorite Type of Music:
All music. It uplifts me.
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Reading, travel, supporting the arts and peaceful change.
Publications:
MARCH: Book One, MARCH: Book Two, Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change, Walking With The Wind: A Memoir of the Movement