John Lewis (U.S. Politician)
John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987 and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. He was one of the Big Six leaders in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination segregation. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Lewis is a member of the Democratic leadership of the House and has served in the Whip organization shortly after his first election to Congress. Currently, he is Senior Chief Deputy Whip, leading an organization of chief deputy whips and serving as the primary assistant to the Democratic Whip. He has held this position since 1991.
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“In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.”
—Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)