John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80

Subject

Remembering Civil Rights Activist John Lewis

Description

Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to the swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He was later called the conscience of Congress.

Creator

Katharine Q. Seelye

Source

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/john-lewis-dead.html

Publisher

nytimes.com

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