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FILE - This June 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in a ceremony to unveil two plaques recognizing the contributions of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Troy University announced Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020,  that a university building will be renamed in honor of the late Congressman who applied to the school decades ago as a teen in the 1950s but was denied admission because of his race.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - This June 16, 2010 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in a ceremony to unveil two plaques recognizing the contributions of enslaved African Americans in the construction of the United States Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Troy University announced Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, that a university building will be renamed in honor of the late Congressman who applied to the school decades ago as a teen in the 1950s but was denied admission because of his race. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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