Author:John Robert Lewis
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| 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. — Excerpted from John Lewis (American politician) on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |