May Allah wash sin from you as dirt is cleansed from white cloth, overlook your shortcomings in this life and judge you according to the best of your intentions and deeds, grant you a home more excellent than your earthly home and join you in His paradise with the ranks of the righteous. With sincere gratitude for the life your life's work afforded to me.

When I worked (at the age of eleven) with SNCC John Lewis and James Forman were the trainers of the young generation of committed to social justice. These leaders instilled the knowledge that the struggle needed to be for a life time and any less was NOT acceptable. Long live John Lewis in the struggle.

Thank you Honorable Congressman John Robert Lewis for being a frontrunner to fight the injustices of the world. Our lives have been enriched and advanced because of your commitments, sacrifices and devotion to equality for all. Thank you sir. Take your leave sir and rest.

We always learn more about a person after they are gone. I enjoyed watching him do his Happy Dance with someone laughing in the background and encouraging him on. He was so full of life. May he Rest in Eternal Peace.

Congressman Lewis' Legacy will always loom large in American history as someone who devoted his life to voting rights and social equality for Blacks, et'al. His work will continue, as his torch has been passed to the next generation of Americans to carry his baton. I am supporting having the Voting Right bill passed by Congress to bear the name, The John Lewis Voting Rights Bill. Condolences to his Family and may He rest in eternal peace.

I feel so honored to be able to share my admiration for John Lewis. Most recently, I had the good luck to facilitate a discussion on the exquisite documentary created with such love and respect: "Good Trouble." Most notable to me was that despite all of the struggles and life-threatening danger Mr. Lewis endured, he still quite clearly lacked no capacity to feel and express joy - as evidenced in this happy dance in the documentary. Seeing this made me aware of this key trait if I want to be able to be present in this fight for the long haul. I was also privileged to be invited by a friend to march with her and her family in the most recent Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama. As we approached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I could see nothing but people in front of me, but heard Mr. Lewis's voice loud and clear. I was sure it was a recording, and did not discover until I returned to my home in Decatur, GA that Mr. Lewis did, in fact, speak to the crowd from his car on the bridge. Most admirable to me are Mr. Lewis's unflagging courage and speaking out for anti-racist attitudes and behaviors. Mr. Lewis was a true unifier and a true anti-racist. To my knowledge he never showed any preference for anyone of any particular race. I believe that is why he is so beloved by folks of all ethnicities. We see the love he had for all people and his fervent desire for us to get past the hatred and division of racism. May we honor him by continuing his work and being unflagging ourselves so that we may see the Beloved Community realized here in the United States and in the world.

My prayers and thoughts are with the family and may his giant soul rest in peace.

My deepest condolences to your family. Earth hath no sorrow that the Lord cannot cure. We worked together for social justice back in the 1950's and 60's. I don't think we ever met, but I heard of you. I marched, boycotted, and was spat on but nothing compared to the disrespect you endured. I was the first black female applicant to Georgia State University (Georgia State College of Business Administration). Later the NAACP's legal team (Thurgood Marshall, Donald Lee Hollowell, Constance Motley & financiers Jessie Hill and others) represented me and two others in a lawsuit. The judge ordered GSU to accept us and enroll. We won the right to go, but never enrolled due to new policy and legislation blocking it. It was NAACP's first Georgia victory in higher education and paved the way for Charlene Hunter Gault and Hamilton Holmes to attend UGA and others. "Ground Crew" by Maurice Daniels tells the full story. Though we never met, we both had a love for social justice. P.S. I voted for you each & every time. Thank you for a lifetime of service, unconventional love and sacrifice. I know you're at rest with the Lord. M Myra Elliott of Atlanta, 88 years old.

My condolences to the Lewis Family on your loss of such an amazing human being. Once in awhile, we are blessed by having a soul among us that emits a guiding light of righteousness. John Lewis was such a soul. As his actions were in life, his legacy will continue to move us to persistent action. Thank you Mr. Lewis for your life well-lived.