The funeral service for Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon known as the "conscience of the U.S. Congress," began at 11 a.m. Thursday, wrapping up six days of memorials paying tribute to his life and ...

Today, the world honored John Lewis as he was memorialized at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. Dignitaries, family and former constituents took part in the service that began at 11 a.m.

John Lewis, the celebrated civil-rights movement leader and congressman, will be honored at one final funeral service before he is laid to rest at the South-View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, on ...

John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.Three ...

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are expected to be in attendance at the funeral of late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Lewis’ funeral will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in ...

Three former presidents came together to honor Congressman John Lewis at his funeral in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, completing a week of memorial services for the longtime lawmaker and civil rights ...

Inside a room in the Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, two closed caskets rested side by side. The men inside the caskets met each other 60 years ago when they were both fighting for civil rights as ...

(RNS) — Church bells and shofars sounded across the country as a group of family and friends — a reduced crowd due to the coronavirus pandemic — gathered Thursday (July 30) to remember Rep. John Lewis ...

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights ...

ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was lauded as a warrior and a hero during a ceremony Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol, where the civil rights icon who represented much of Atlanta in Congress will lie in ...

John Lewis’ funeral was today in Atlanta. The late Congressman and civil rights activist died of pancreatic cancer on July 17. He was 80 years old. Barack Obama and other former presidents spoke at ...