41+ Congressman John Lewis Smiling Images. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in religion and philosophy from fisk university. As a congressman he was a georgia.

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Congressman john lewis died friday of advanced pancreatic cancer. John lewis, a civil rights activist whose bloody beating by alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in congress, has died. Tonight, stephen colbert takes a moment to remember the fun.

Civil rights movement, said on sunday he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

House speaker nancy pelosi confirmed lewis's passing late friday. The famed civil rights activist congressman john lewis was brought onstage to introduce the best picture winner green book. The veteran democrat congressman from. John lewis, the conscience of the congress, was a true american hero.