Congress was set to pay its respects to the late Rep. John Lewis, the civil-rights leader whose nonviolent tactics helped usher in a landmark voting-rights law aimed at bringing an end to the Jim Crow era of political suppression of Black Americans
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Photos: The Late Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Champion, Welcomed Home In Alabama'The Boy From Troy' went home today.
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Body of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis arrives at Ala. state CapitolMasked members of the armed services carried the body of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis to the Ala., state Capitol where he will be remembered by friends and family.
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'The Boy from Troy': Funeral services begin for the late Rep. John LewisThe casket of Rep. John Lewis is carried into Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma ahead of another public viewing.
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In Selma, tributes to Rep. John Lewis and calls to protect his voting rights legacyMartin Luther King III invited mourners in Selma, Alabama, to imagine the welcome his parents and other civil rights leaders gave Rep. John Lewis on the other side.
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In Selma, tributes to Rep. John Lewis and calls to protect his voting rights legacyRep. John Lewis was honored in a church that became a landmark of the movement the civil rights hero was so deeply tied to.
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Rep. John Lewis to be taken across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.byronpitts says John Lewis' biggest concern when crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday was that he might be tossed off the bridge because he couldn't swim - but he was willing to go forward anyway.
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