BREAKING: Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies at age 80
Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat known for his significant leadership in Congress and throughout the civil rights movement, died Friday at age 80.
Lewis said at the time that he would continue serving in Congress while he underwent treatment, noting he “may miss a few votes during this period, but with God’s grace I will be back on the front lines soon.” Lewis helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and became its chairman during the peak of the civil rights movement from 1963 to 1966. Lewis organized student activism in the movement through SNCC and was eventually considered one of the “Big Six” leaders of the civil rights movement, alongside King.
Lewis was elected to the Atlanta City Council in 1981 and to Congress in 1986. He served as House Democrats’ senior chief deputy whip and as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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