Presidents, Georgia Politicians Pay Tribute To Civil Rights Leader John Lewis

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July 18th, 2020

Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, the civil rights leader stands beneath a bust of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020.

J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press, File

Updated July 18, 3:44 p.m.

Since the death of Georgia Congressman John Lewis, tributes have been made to honor the life and legacy of the civil rights icon.

Lewis died on Friday of pancreatic cancer and is survived by his son, John Miles Lewis.

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