John Lewis, Civil Rights Pioneer and Longtime Congressman, Dies at 80
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variety.comBreAnna Bell John Lewis, the revered civil rights pioneer who represented Georgia in Congress for nearly 35 years, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to ABC News.
He was 80.Lewis became an icon of the 1960s civil rights movement through his leadership alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the non-violent protest movement and landmark peace marches of the era.
He was a notable speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and in the consequential 1965 march in his native Alabama depicted in 2014’s “Selma.”Lewis’ 60 years of social activism on a range of causes was the focus of the feature documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” released earlier this month.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saluted the stalwart Democrat.
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