[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO ATTORNEY LEWIS MEYERS, J.D., THE PEOPLES LAWYER

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 7, 2018

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
Attorney Lewis Meyers, an outstanding legal scholar, a regular but 
uncommon man who practiced law, was a professor, a litigator, an 
organizer, manger, social activist, political leader and a friend to 
many.
  Lewis's leadership roles began when he was a teenager in Houston, 
Texas where he helped to integrate the Houston Public School System. He 
led boycotts, protests and other forms of agitation and demonstrations. 
He was elected president of the NAACP youth council.
  After high school, he attended Howard University Law School and the 
University of Mississippi Law School where he received his juris 
doctorate degree. Lou was steeped in movement organizations and 
politics.
  He worked for the North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Chicago 
State University, Kenny King College, Roosevelt University, Kent 
College of Law, DePaul University Law School. He was a tenured 
professor at Kennedy King College. Lewis's work experiences were so 
varied, Chief Administrator at Bethel AME Church, and a Deputy National 
Executive Director for the NAACP in Baltimore. Lewis was a member of 
the following organizations: American Bar Association, Cook County Bar 
Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 
National Lawyers Guild, National Conference of Black Lawyers, certified 
to practice in the United States Supreme Court of Appeals for the 
third, fifth, seventh, and ninth circuits, United States Federal 
District Court for the Northern District of California, United States 
Federal District Court for the north and central districts of Illinois. 
Lewis was the personal attorney for Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Minister 
Louis Farrakhan, Congressman Danny K. Davis and 27th ward Alderman 
Wallace Davis.
  Lewis was a joiner of organizations in which he believed, Rainbow 
Push, Chicago Black United Communities, NAACP Southside branch, 
Teamwork Eaglewood, Fathers who care, New Mt. Pilgrim Mountain Men, 
Amer-I-Can, Five Hundred Black Men, Founder NAACP Chapter, Alpha Phi 
Alpha Fraternity, Executive Board New Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church.
  I could not attend the funeral because I was scheduled to take two 
busloads of children and their families to visit their fathers at 
Sheridan Correctional Facility for Father's Day. Lou would have 
approved. Lewis and his wife lived a couple of blocks from my district 
office and could often be seen walking through the Westside 
neighborhood where he lived and worked. He was known for giving free 
legal advice and often handled legal cases pro-bono. He was devoted to 
his wife and family, and LOVED Houston.

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