Honoring Rep. John Lewis, an original Freedom Rider
Civil Rights icon and Congressman Rep. John Lewis will be honored at the Alliance for a Better Georgia’s Third Annual Comedy Roast and presented the Progressive Courage Award on August 31. As we prepare for the big event, we’re looking back on the incredible impact Lewis has left on American history and Georgia politics. Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis was one the 13 original Freedom Riders, the seven African Americans and six whites who faced