Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, has died at age 80 after a monthslong battle with cancer, a Democratic official says. https://nbcnews.to/2DPl89H pic.twitter.com/62IUJ46Hxe
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Born near Troy, Alabama on Feb. 21, 1940 and raised on a cotton farm, Lewis attended segregated public schools — and questioned why after hearing Martin Luther King Jr. on the radio.
Speaker Pelosi on John Lewis: "Today, America mourns the loss of one of the greatest heroes of American history ... May his memory be an inspiration that moves us all to, in the face of injustice, make ‘good trouble, necessary trouble.’"pic.twitter.com/vW0Uis7fST
Sen. Majority Leader McConnell: "I will never forget joining hands with John ... at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It could not have been more humbling to consider what he had suffered and sacrificed so those words could be sung in that place.’"pic.twitter.com/FWbZ3s1t5F
Rep. John Lewis in April 2018https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/981638769546878976?s=21 …
Family of John Lewis: "He was honored and respected as the conscience of the US Congress and an icon of American history, but we knew him as a loving father and brother...a stalwart champion in the ongoing struggle to demand respect for the dignity and worth of every human being"pic.twitter.com/AYD0dba40f
My condolences to his family and friends.
I used to respect him until he outright lied that "Tea Party" persons called him the N word on the way to vote on Obamacare. No one ever produced any evidence and camera phones were going during the whole walk to the capitol!
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