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Live Video: Congressional Ceremony For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

WUSF | By NPR Staff
Published July 27, 2020 at 12:54 PM EDT
LIAM JAMES DOYLE/NPR

Lawmakers honor Rep. John Lewis before he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol. Lewis, a civil rights icon, served in Congress for more than three decades.
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