John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
U.S.
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Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.
New York Times
Deaths (Obituaries), Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), United States Politics and Government, Black People, Race and Ethnicity
July 18, 2020 at 03:45AM