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Last week, John Lewis, the leader of the African-American civil rights movement and a former US deputy, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. Both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama shared tributes to the former deputy online, and a member of the House of Representatives described him as one of the greatest heroes in US history, “the conscience of Congress”.
John Lewis began to be involved in racial equality movements in the USA in the 1960s, having been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was a member of the House of Representatives for over 30 years. He spent much of his life fighting for freedom, equality and human rights for African Americans. In the 1960s, in his early 20s, he participated in the movement against racial segregation policies in American public transport.
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