Booker quoted John Lewis, the late civil rights icon and former Georgia congressman, as he spoke to Congress last week. Host Tia Mitchell talks to Michael Collins, who was Lewis’ chief of staff, about ...

He was 80 years old. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones said in a written statement early ...

Rep. John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...

N.J. Sen. Cory Booker has broken the fillibuster record for the longest senate speech at 25 hours and five minutes.

Sen. Cory Booker started and finished his record-breaking speech protesting the Trump administration's aggressive policy ...

a biographer is looking back on the life and career of civil rights activist and Georgia Representative John Lewis. According to a press release from Simon & Schuster, Rutgers University history ...

The former site of a Confederate memorial in Georgia now holds a statue of the late American civil rights leader and former congressman John Lewis. Crews lowered the statue of Lewis in downtown ...

Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of ...

WASHINGTON — New Jersey's Democratic Sen. Cory Booke r set a new record Tuesday for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history. His speech didn't come without some Georgia ...

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.

John Lewis, “The Conscience of the Congress,” dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties, and building “The Beloved Community” in America. He was one of the Ci ...