John Lewis

==== Protests ====
In January 2001, Lewis boycotted the [[First inauguration of George W. Bush|inauguration of George W. Bush]] by staying in his [[Atlanta]] district. He did not attend the swearing-in because he did not believe Bush was the true elected president.<ref>{{cite news |last=Merida |first=Kevin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24413-2001Jan20.html |title=So Close, So Far: A Texas Democrat's Day Without Sunshine |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 21, 2001 |access-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117032230/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24413-2001Jan20.html |archive-date=January 17, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later, Lewis joined 30 other House Democrats who voted to not count the 20 [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral vote]]s from [[Ohio]] in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 7: On Agreeing to the Objection|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll007.xml|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=December 24, 2012|date=January 6, 2005|archive-date=May 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503021334/http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll007.xml|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2003, Lewis spoke to a crowd of 30,000 in Oregon during an anti-war protest before the start of the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/us/threats-and-responses-dissent-tens-of-thousands-march-against-iraq-war.html| title=Tens of Thousands March Against Iraq War| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118042718/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/us/threats-and-responses-dissent-tens-of-thousands-march-against-iraq-war.html| archive-date=January 18, 2017| last=Lichtblau| first=Eric| newspaper=The New York Times| date=March 16, 2003| page=1}}</ref> In 2006<ref>{{cite news |last=Kemper |first=Bob |date=May 17, 2006 |title=Lewis, 6 other lawmakers arrested in embassy protest |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |page=3 }}</ref> and 2009 he was arrested for protesting against the [[genocide in Darfur]] outside the Sudanese embassy.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. lawmakers arrested in Darfur protests at Sudan embassy |work=CNN |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/27/us-lawmakers-arrested-in-darfur-protest-at-sudan-embassy/ |access-date=April 27, 2009 |date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430065243/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/27/us-lawmakers-arrested-in-darfur-protest-at-sudan-embassy/ |archive-date=April 30, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was one of eight U.S. Representatives, from six states, arrested while holding a sit-in near the west side of the [[U.S. Capitol]] building, to advocate for immigration reform.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/08/20874725-democratic-lawmakers-arrested-during-immigration-protest?lite |title=Democratic lawmakers arrested during immigration protest |work=NBC News |date=October 8, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122081738/http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/08/20874725-democratic-lawmakers-arrested-during-immigration-protest?lite |archive-date=November 22, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>