John Lewis 1964 Apr. 16. - John Lewis at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, bust portrait, seated at a table before a microphone.
John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Lewis, a member of the Democratic Party, has represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. The district encompasses almost all of Atlanta.
