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John Lewis. John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the ...
Improvised Meditations & Excursions is a jazz recording by John Lewis released in 1959.
John Lewis: Good Trouble premiered at the Circle Cinema theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19, 2020. [1] The date and place were chosen to commemorate Juneteenth, the celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the United States, and to protest against a Donald Trump presidential re-election campaign rally planned in Tulsa for the same day; the rally was rescheduled for the following day ...
ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...
A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more ...
Animal Dance. (album) Animal Dance is an album by American pianist and composer John Lewis and German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff (with The Zagreb Jazz Quartet contributing one track) which was recorded in West Germany for the Atlantic label in 1962. [1]
They're Trying To Kill Us is a 2021 American documentary film co-directed and produced by John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn. [ 1] The film was executive produced by NBA All-star Chris Paul and Billie Eilish. [ 2][ 3] Its story explores racial inequality within the food system and how it directly correlates to the rate at which people of color suffer ...
Norman Granz. John Lewis chronology. The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music. (1955) Grand Encounter. (1956) The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music is an album of music composed by John Lewis and arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller which was first released on the Norgran label. [ 1][ 2]