US Civil Rights Pioneer, Congressman John Lewis Dies at 80 after Battle with Cancer
FILE PHOTO: Rep. John Lewis testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee all over the second one day of affirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Classes’nomination to be US legal professional common in Washington, US, January 11, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Lewis, who had introduced in December that he had complex pancreatic most cancers, was once 80.
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US Consultant John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights motion and long-time member of the United States Space of Representatives, has died, Space Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned on Saturday.
Lewis, who had introduced in December that he had complex pancreatic most cancers, was once 80.
“John Lewis was once a titan of the civil rights motion whose goodness, religion and bravado reworked our country – from the resolution with which he met discrimination at lunch counters and on Freedom Rides, to the braveness he confirmed as a tender guy going through down violence and demise on Edmund Pettus Bridge, to the ethical management he dropped at the Congress for greater than 30 years,” Pelosi mentioned in a commentary.
“Within the Congress, John Lewis was once respected and liked on all sides of the aisle and all sides of the Capitol. All people have been humbled to name Congressman Lewis a colleague, and are heartbroken through his passing.”
Tributes poured in from different politicians. “John Lewis was once an icon who fought with each and every ounce of his being to advance the reason for civil rights for all American citizens,” mentioned Senator Kamala Harris, the primary African American to constitute California within the Senate, on Twitter. “I am devastated for his circle of relatives, buddies, workforce – and all the ones whose lives he touched.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote on Twitter, “John Lewis was once a real American hero and the ethical compass of our country. Might his braveness and conviction survive in all people as we proceed to make just right hassle for justice and alternative.”
