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Lewis, John

July 18, 2020

Georgia Congressman John Lewis died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.

Lewis, a Democrat who represented Atlanta in Congress, played an outsized role on America's stage, including the Selma march that galvanized support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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