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John Lewis, US civil rights hero and Democratic congressman, dies at 80 | Civil rights movement | The Guardian
July 30, 2020 - John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Democratic congressman, has died. He was 80. ... On Friday night, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Lewis’s death.
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January 3, 2003 – July 17, 2020
January 3, 2003 – July 17, 2020
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Nancy Pelosi
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House Democratic Senior Chief Deputy Whip In office
January 3, 2003 – July 17, 2020
January 3, 2003 – July 17, 2020
Leader Dick Gephardt
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Preceded by David Bonior (Chief Deputy Whip)
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John Lewis - Wikipedia
3 days ago - John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
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At 21, John Lewis was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. He was beaten for his efforts. At 23, he helped organize and spoke at the March on Washington. At 25, he lead marchers across the Pettus Bridge and was beaten for his efforts. At 30, he began leading the Voter Education Project and helped register 4 million people to vote. At 46, he was elected to Congress for the first time. At 63, he lead protests against the Iraq War. The same year, his years of effort to get funding for a Black Smithsonian museum were realized. At 76, he lead the House Democratic Caucus to sit-in in the Capitol in protest of our failure to address gun violence. And every day between 1961 and now, he has been inspiring others to take action as well. We are never too young or too old to make a difference. More on reddit.com
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December 18, 2019Congressman John Lewis Passes Away at the Age of 80
The CNN "life in pictures" of him has some of the best photos I've seen in a while. What a boss: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/politics/gallery/john-lewis/index.html More on reddit.com
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December 18, 2019Rep. John Lewis Diagnosed With Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer
We are losing our Civil Rights pioneers. This makes me incredibly sad. More on reddit.com
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June 1, 2019Richard Lewis, Comedian and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star, Dies at 76
He had the conversation in the golf buggy a couple of eps ago with Larry about out-living each other and it really made me think about him not looking the best :( Extremely sad. More on reddit.com
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August 2, 2023HISTORY
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Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis dies | July 17, 2020 | HISTORY
On July 17, 2020, in the midst of a pandemic and a time of unparalleled racial tensions in the United States, the nation loses one of the last towering figures of the civil rights movement.
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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80 | AP News
April 20, 2021 - ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, has died.
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Remembering John Lewis: The Power of ‘Good Trouble’ | Timeless
He risked his life countless times by organizing voter registration drives, sit-ins at lunch counters and was beaten and arrested for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow segregation in the South. While still a young man, John Lewis was already a nationally recognized leader and was named one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
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USNS John Lewis - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - Ray Mabus, then Secretary of the Navy, announced on 6 January 2016 that the ship would be named in honor of John Lewis. a 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader and at the time a sitting United States representative (1987 until his death in 2020).
Children's Defense Fund
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The Final Words of Our Hero, John Lewis - Children's Defense Fund
August 30, 2023 - I’m still too sad to do him the justice he so richly deserves, but instead I share here some of John Lewis’ last words and his legacy to us, excerpted from his essay published this week in the New York Times.
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John Lewis | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | Britannica
October 22, 2025 - John Lewis (born February 21, 1940, near Troy, Alabama, U.S.—died July 17, 2020, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and ...
Columbia Journalism Review
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What John Lewis can teach the press - Columbia Journalism Review
On Friday, John Lewis, the civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman, died. He was eighty, and had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He addressed the March on Washington, in 1963; had his skull fractured by state troopers on “Bloody ...
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NAACP Mourns the Death of Civil Rights Icon, Congressman John Lewis | NAACP
May 4, 2021 - Along with Hosea Williams, John Lewis led over 600 peaceful, orderly protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. They intended to march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the need for voting rights in ...
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Peaceful protests held five years after the death of John Lewis – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
July 17, 2025 - Civil rights protests are being held across the United States on July 17, five years after the death of civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
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PanCAN Mourns Death of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
August 2, 2020 - Congressman John Lewis announced his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer on December 30, 2019. An icon of the civil rights movement, Lewis died on July 17, 2020. He had served as a Georgia congressman for nearly 35 years.
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One minute and five seconds after a two-minute warning was announced, the troops advanced, wielding clubs, bullwhips, and tear gas. John Lewis, who suffered a skull fracture, was one of fifty-eight people treated for injuries at the local hospital.
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John Lewis almost died several times before 30. He survived, but other civil rights leaders didn’t
John Lewis almost died several times before 30.
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Equal Justice Initiative
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Honoring Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
June 3, 2022 - Civil rights champion Rep. John Lewis died Friday at age 80. He had announced in December that he was fighting pancreatic cancer. “Today, American mourns the loss of one of the greatest heroes of American history,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
Atlanta News First
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Atlanta News First at 7: Rallies held on 5th anniversary of John Lewis’ death
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Thursday marks five years since the death of John Lewis, a prominent civil rights activist and longtime Georgia congressman, and rallies were held in metro Atlanta and across the country to spread his message of “good trouble.”
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John Lewis' Cause of Death: What to Know - PopCulture.com
October 7, 2024 - Lewis passed away on Friday at the age of 80, and while a statement from his family did not speak on his cause of death, he did fight a widely publicized battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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Activists and politicians mourn John Lewis' death | Reuters
July 18, 2020 - (Reuters) - U.S. flags were flown ... for civil rights career of U.S. Representative John Lewis, who died on Friday of pancreatic cancer at age 80....
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Rep. John Lewis, lion of Civil Rights Movement, dies at 80 | FOX 5 Atlanta
July 18, 2020 - Representative John Lewis -- a lion of the Civil Rights Movement -- passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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From civil rights activist to member of Congress: Remembering John Lewis (July 20) - U.S. Embassy in Georgia
November 2, 2022 - Civil rights hero and U.S. Representative John Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80. He had been battling pancreatic cancer since he received the diagnosis in December. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Lewis was a central figure in the U.S. ...