Photos: John Lewis through the years

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, arm-in-arm with Congressman John Lewis, lines up with Martin Luther King, III, third from right, and his wife Arndrea King, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, second from left, prepare for the start of the march towards the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the rally at the Lincoln Memorial, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III join other politicians and activists to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I have a Dream' speech on the National Mall on August 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. A commemorative march and a rally along the historic route followed in 1963 is led by civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Civil Rights leaders pose in the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. Pictured are, standing from left, director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice Matthew Ahmann, Rabbi Joachim Prinz (1902 - 1988), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader John Lewis, Protestant minister Eugene Carson Blake (1906 - 1985), Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) leader Floyd McKissick (1922 - 1991), and labor union leader Walter Reuther (1907 - 1970); sitting from left, National Urban League executive director Whitney Young (1921 - 1971), unidentified, labor union leader A Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979), Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leader Roy Wilkins (1901 - 1981). The march and rally provided the setting for the Dr. King iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King, III, Congressman John Lewis, Bernice King, Adreienne King, Washington City Mayor Vincent C. Gray among others start the march at Lincoln Memorial during the rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Fifty years ago on August 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks while campaigning for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Sen. Jason Carter (L) as his grandparents, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, look on at Emmanuel Christian Community Church on October 27, 2014 in Columbus, Georgia. Jason Carter is running against the Republican incumbent Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

ADDS NAME OF SECOND WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR - President Barack Obama, fourth from left, walks holding hands with Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during "Bloody Sunday," as they and the first family and others including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, left of Obama, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala,. for the 50th anniversary of the landmark event of the civil rights movement, Saturday, March 7, 2015. At far left is Sasha Obama and at far right is former first lady Laura Bush. Adelaide Sanford also sits in a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accompanied by fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus express disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision on Shelby County v. Holder that invalidates Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, a prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's, recalled being attacked and beaten trying to help people in Mississippi to register and vote in the 1960's

FILE - In this May 24, 2018 file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis walks in a procession during Harvard University commencement exercises in Cambridge, Mass. The Civil rights icon has been hospitalized for undisclosed reasons. Citing a statement from Lewis' office, WSB-TV reports that the 78-year-old Georgia congressman was "resting comfortably" in a hospital Saturday night, July 28 for "routine observation." The statement says Lewis expects to be released Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

December 30, 2019 at 5:00 am EST

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