John Lewis, the iconic non-violence and civil rights activist in the United States who also marched alongside Martin Luther King, died at the age of 80. Lewis was best known for leading 600 protesters on the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was thrown to the ground and beaten by the police. Television images forced the country's attention to focus on racial oppression. Atlanta Democrat, won his seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1986. The US House of Representatives, of which he was a member, announced this. "America mourns the death of one of the greatest heroes in its history," wrote spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi. Lewis had long been suffering from pancreatic cancer. <blockquote class = "twitter-tweet"> <p lang = "en" dir = "ltr"> Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did: <a href="https://t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ"> https://t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ </a> </p> - Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href = "https : //twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1284358592083169280? ref_src = twsrc% 5Etfw "> July 18, 2020 </a> </blockquote> <script data-purposes =
John Lewis (AP Photo / Lawrence Jackson)
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July 18, 2020 John Lewis, the iconic non-violence and civil rights activist in the United States who also marched alongside Martin Luther King, died at the age of 80. Lewis was best known for leading 600 protesters on the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was thrown to the ground and beaten by the police. Television images forced the country's attention to focus on racial oppression. Atlanta Democrat, won his seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1986. The US House of Representatives, of which he was a member , announced this . "America mourns the death of one of the greatest heroes in its history," wrote spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi. Lewis had long been suffering from pancreatic cancer.Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did: https: //t.co/KbVfYt5CeQ
- Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 18, 2020
