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BY Nii Ntreh, 4:30pm December 31, 2020,

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by Nii Ntreh, 4:30pm December 31, 2020,
John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis was revered as a a civil rights icon. Photo Credit: Politico.com

John Lewis

Civil rights icon and congressman, John Lewis, passed on at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer although it has not been confirmed if he died of complications.

Lewis was the last-surviving member of the “Big Six” African-American civil rights activists along with Martin Luther King Jr, James Farmer, Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins and Asa Philip Randolph.

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