ATLANTA -- Instead of calling Rep. John Lewis a hero, the better way to honor the civil rights leader's legacy is by guaranteeing equal representation to every American, former President Barack Obama ...

After several days of public memorials in Alabama and Washington, D.C., a funeral service for Rep. John Lewis took place in the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The same church that was ...

Former President Barack Obama eulogized civil rights icon John Lewis on Thursday before the late congressman's body is laid to rest in Atlanta, drawing a comparison between the battles Lewis ...

*Rep. John Lewis was “forceful vision of freedom,” said former President Barack Obama in the eulogy he gave at the Democratic congressman and civil rights activist’s funeral on Thursday. The funeral ...

ATLANTA — Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, paid tribute Thursday to Rep. John Lewis as one of the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement who made it possible for him to become the ...

“He as much as anyone in our history brought this country a little bit closer to our highest ideals," Obama said. “And some day when we do finish that long journey towards freedom, when we do form a ...

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80. He is being remembered by congressional ...

Below is the full transcript of Obama's eulogy for Rep. Lewis as delivered on July 29 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta: James wrote to the believers, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and ...

Barack Obama’s ability to inspire with his oratory skills was a hallmark of his political career. But one speech above all — one he delivered in Alabama in the last year of his presidency — is ...