Former Pres. Barack Obama remembers civil rights icon John Lewis.
Lewis was an organizer on the March on Washington in 1963 and served in Congress for more than three decades.died at the age of 80 Friday.
In this file photo taken on February 14, 2011 U.S. Rep. John Lewis is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. - John Lewis, the non-violent civil rights warrior who marched with Martin Luther King Jr and nearly died from police beatings before serving for decades as a US congressman, has died at age 80, House colleagues said July 17, 2020.
"Every day of John Lewis’s life was dedicated to bringing freedom and justice to all. As he declared 57 years ago during the March on Washington, standing in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial: ‘Our minds, souls, and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all the people.
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