John R. Lewis
(1940-)

African-American Politician, Civil Rights Leader
1965 Eugene V. Debs Outstanding American Award
1999 Four Freedoms Awards / 1999 Wallenberg Medal
2003 Hubert Humphrey Civil Rights Award
2004 National Freedom Award / 2004 Academy of Achievers
2006 Jefferson Awards for Public Service / 2007 Lincoln Medal
2007 Dole Leadership Prize / 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom

birthdate: February 21
birthplace: Troy, Alabama

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I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living.

We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. We’ve come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself.