John Lewis 1940-2020: Celebrating A Legendary Life in Photos

The congressman and civil rights icon died on Friday.

Early Says In Activism - Lewis speaks at a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington DC in 1964.
Marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - John Lewis marching arm in arm with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Ralph Bunche, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Fred Shuttlesworth, and more during a march in Selma, Alabama on March 21, 1965.
Good Trouble - Lewis was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for using a restroom reserved for 'white' people during the Freedom Ride demonstration against racial segregation in 1961.John Lewis Wounded During Freedom Riders Protest - John Lewis and Minister James Zwerg after being attacked and beaten by pro-segregationists in Montgomery, Alabama during the early 1960s.

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Early Says In Activism - Lewis speaks at a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington DC in 1964.

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