United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Lewis, Boyd, 1944-1975View of a meeting involving Voter Education Project Director John Lewis and other unidentified individuals.John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a civil rights leader and politician. He served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986, becoming only the second African American to represent Georgia in Congress since Reconstruction. Lewis served as the Representative of Georgia's 5th Congressional District until his passing in 2020.image/jpegAtlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Boyd Lewis photographsMSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterVoting rightsCivil rights leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican Americans--1970-1980Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)John LewisStillImage