𝐔𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐩. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬, 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟖𝟎

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., one of the nation’s most preeminent civil rights figures, died Friday night, according to reports. He was 80. The congressman had been battling pancreatic cancer. Lewis’ journey took him from protests against Jim Crow laws in the South to a long career in Congress.