Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who began pushing for racial justice in the Jim Crow south, has died - US News and Sports

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Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who began pushing for racial justice in the Jim Crow south, has died

The Georgia lawmaker and son of sharecroppers had been suffering from Stage IV pancreatic cancer since December. He was 80.