Remembering Lillian Lewis

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Remembering Lillian Lewis

Remembering Lillian Lewis, wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis

John Lewis and his wife Lillian on election night in 1986.

Lillian Lewis with Dr. Kofi Bota, Vice President for Research, as they work in the new research science building at Clark Atlanta University in August 1994.

Rep.-elect John Lewis and his wife Lillian in his new office Monday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 1987.

John and Lillian Lewis at a campaign rally at the Internation Ballroom. Then-Lt. Gov. Zell Miller in the background in 1977

John and Lillian Lewis sit on the front porch of one of the Inman Park homes that hosted a party in his honor in 1988.

Congressman John Lewis, left, and his wife, Lillian, dropped by Ben Jones' campaign headquarters to show their support for Jones in his race for House of Representatives in 1988.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, with his wife Lillian and son John Miles (then 11), is honored at a fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign Fund in 1988.

Deputy campaign manager Love Sears-Collins, right, checks the time before U.S. Rep. John Lewis joins the crowd at his victory party in 1986 as John Lewis and his wife Lillian look on.

John Lewis talks on the phone getting election results as wife Lillian makes notes on Sept. 2, 1986.

5th District congressman John Lewis, right front, with his wife Lillian, acknowledges the crowd's applause for his victory in a 1986 election against Julian Bond.

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John Lewis and his wife Lillian on election night in 1986.

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