--- title: John Lewis | TIME description: Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's Fifth Congressional District canonical: https://time.com/author/john-lewis/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/john-lewis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # John Lewis ## John Lewis Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's Fifth Congressional District ## John Lewis *  Aug 3, 2021 ### [Read an Excerpt From the New John Lewis Graphic Memoir 'Run'](https://time.com/6085419/john-lewis-memoir-run-excerpt/) In an excerpt from the new installment of John Lewis' graphic-novel memoir, the late Congressman gra... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 20, 2020 ### ['We Have to Redeem the Soul of America.' John Lewis on What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the March on Washington](https://time.com/5785921/john-lewis-march-on-washington-reflection/) John Lewis remembers the 1963 March on Washington, and what came after [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Oct 24, 2019 ### [John Lewis: What Made Elijah Cummings a Leader Among Leaders](https://time.com/5709377/john-lewis-elijah-cummings-obituary/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 4, 2018 ### [Why Getting Into Trouble is Necessary to Make Change](https://time.com/5087349/why-getting-into-trouble-is-necessary-to-make-change/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 17, 2016 ### [John Lewis: The Photo That Influenced Me Most](https://time.com/4558795/john-lewis-influential-photo/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 3, 2016 ### [Exclusive Excerpt From John Lewis' Memoir: The Birmingham Church Bombing](https://time.com/4433549/john-lewis-march-book-three-excerpt/) "How could our quest for human dignity spawn such evil?" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 25, 2014 ### [An Oral History of Selma and the Struggle for the Voting Rights Act](https://time.com/3647070/selma-john-lewis-voting-rights-act/) How the fight for the African American vote was really won [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/john-lewis/","name":"John Lewis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/john-lewis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/john-lewis/"},"name":"John Lewis","jobTitle":null,"description":"Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's Fifth Congressional District","url":"https://time.com/author/john-lewis/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```