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Black History Pride · Courage and civic action

John Lewis

Illustrated portrait of John Lewis

John Lewis was a civil rights organizer who participated in the Freedom Rides and helped lead the 1965 voting-rights march in Selma. He later served in the United States House of Representatives.

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