Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Dies

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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis DiesWatch VideoJohn Lewis, a civil rights icon and Georgia congressman, died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old.

"We are one people. We're one family. We're one house. We all live in the same house."

Lewis was well-known for his efforts to advance the civil rights movement in the 1960s. He was Chairman...
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Civil rights icon John Lewis dies aged 80 02:22

 Civil rights hero John Lewis, whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanise opposition to racial segregation, has died aged 80.House speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Mr Lewis’s death late on Friday night, calling the veteran politician “one of the greatest heroes of...