Rep. John Lewis, 1040-2020

Rep. John Lewis, icon of the Civil Rights Movement and 17-term Congressman from the “Fighting 5th” District, died of pancreatic cancer July 17. He was 80.

John Lewis beaten by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma, AL, March 7, 1965

“Get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble.”

Rep. John Lewis