Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis suggested Sunday the controversy over Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor has reignited a conversation about race that could ultimately be beneficial for the country.

"Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws ...

After several days of public memorials in Alabama and Washington, D.C., a funeral service for Rep. John Lewis took place in the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The same church that was ...

*Rep. John Lewis was “forceful vision of freedom,” said former President Barack Obama in the eulogy he gave at the Democratic congressman and civil rights activist’s funeral on Thursday. The funeral ...

Below is the full transcript of Obama's eulogy for Rep. Lewis as delivered on July 29 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta: James wrote to the believers, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and ...

Last March, thousands of miles lay between President Barack Obama and Tyler Stark, a U.S. Air Force captain whose plane was downed in Benghazi at the beginning of the intervention in Libya—but their ...

ATLANTA -- Instead of calling Rep. John Lewis a hero, the better way to honor the civil rights leader's legacy is by guaranteeing equal representation to every American, former President Barack Obama ...