John Lewis at the heart of Black America’s struggle for equality

CBS News Tuesday, 21 July 2020 ()
Congressman John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers who would go on to be a prominent leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ed O’Keefe remembers Lewis, and his place at the heart of Black America’s struggle for equality.
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News video: John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dead at 80

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 Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dead at 80 The Georgia congressman died less than seven months after announcing he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Referred to as the "conscience of the U.S. Congress," he represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District since 1987. His death was...