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1. 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, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966, and was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States, in 1965 Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state troopers and police attacked Lewis and the other marchers. A member of the Democratic Party, Lewis was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986 and served 17 terms. The district he represented included most of Atlanta. Due to his length of service, he became the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. Lewis was one of the leaders of the Democratic Party in the House, serving from 1991 as a chief deputy whip and from 2003 as a senior chief deputy whip. He received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

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1. John Lewis

   John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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   The numerical value of john lewis in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of john lewis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of john lewis in a Sentence

1. Ako Abdul-Samad:

   This comes at a time where this is seriously a tribute to the legacy of Congressman Georgia Rep. John Lewis.

2. Nina Turner:

   These folks live in an episode of The West Wing, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can’t afford medical treatment, and are struggling to put food on the table. No, Liz ‘I voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act’ Cheney should not be speaker. Ever.

3. Pro Tempore:

   Her opposition to a racist monument is the definition of what John Lewis called' good trouble'. I stand with my good friend.

4. Earl Blumenauer:

   I just can not do it. I would n’t be honest with John Lewis.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Last night, you may have seen Senator McConnell try to Rule-14 18 gotcha amendments. He was trying to say, ‘See, Democrats, you're not going to like 50 votes,' i challenged him and asked unanimous consent that we have 50 votes on those 18 plus the voting rights Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the John Lewis Act. And of course, he objected. So we're not afraid of 50 votes. We want 50 votes. And McConnell's gotcha activity didn't quite work.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=john lewis