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FILE - In this Sunday March 4, 2007, file photo, from left, Brown Chapel AME Church Pastor James Jackson, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, and Rev. Clete Kiley, hold hands and sing at the end of a church service in Selma, Ala., on the commemoration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

Rights activists, political leaders mourn Rep. John Lewis

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Forum Club meeting, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sen. Rubio mistakenly tweeted a photo of himself and Rep. Elijah Cummings, another Black civil rights icon, in a condolence message Saturday, July 18, 2020, meant to honor Rep. John Lewis. The faux pas was quickly discovered and the Rubio replaced it with a video of himself and Lewis at a Miami event. Lewis died Friday at the age of 80. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Social media for Rubio, Sullivan confuses Cummings, Lewis

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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. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed his passing late Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Atlanta lowering flags indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis

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President Donald Trump plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., as seen from the other side of the Potomac River in Darnestown, Md., Saturday, July 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump criticized for sustained silence after death of John Lewis

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1965, file photo, Wilson Baker, left foreground, public safety director, warns of the dangers of night demonstrations at the start of a march in Selma, Ala. Second from right foreground, is John Lewis of the Student Non-Violent Committee. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/File)

Rep. John Lewis remembered for legacy of ‘good trouble’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

John Lewis, civil rights icon, dies at 80

By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 1999, file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks with reporters in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Khue Bui, File)

Religious faith was a lifelong constant for Rep. John Lewis

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

$FILE - In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. Lewis sustained a fractured skull. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/File)$

John Lewis’ legacy shaped in 1965 on ‘Bloody Sunday’

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2020 file photo, people walk past American flags flying at half-staff at the Washington Monument in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Trump orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of John Lewis

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A timeline of events in the life of Rep. John Lewis

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, file photo, with the Capitol Dome in the background, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) **FILE**

New England colleagues react to death of US Rep. John Lewis

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007, file photo, with the Capitol Dome in the background, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) **FILE**

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

By Calvin Woodward and Desiree Seals - Associated Press

‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ weaves past, present together

By LAWRENCE SPECKER and Al.com - Associated Press

In this March 7, 2015, file photo, singing &quot;We Shall Overcome,&quot; President Barack Obama, third from left, walks holding hands with Amelia Boynton, who was beaten during &quot;Bloody Sunday,&quot; as they and the first family and others including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, left of Obama, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., for the 50th anniversary of &quot;Bloody Sunday,&quot; a landmark event of the civil rights movement. Some residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Ala., are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma

By Jay Reeves - Associated Press

This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows Rep. John Lewis in a scene from &quot;John Lewis: Good Trouble.&quot; (Ben Arnon/Magnolia Pictures via AP)

Review: A timely portrait in ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks during a television interview at the Capitol in Washington. Lewis’ endorsement of Democratic Senate hopeful Jon Ossoff is the focus of a new television ad from Ossoff’s campaign that begins airing statewide on Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ad for Georgia Senate hopeful touts John Lewis’ backing

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Congressman John Lewis talks with media members after signing paperwork to qualify for reelection to his District 5 seat in Atlanta, Monday, March 2, 2020. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

John Lewis, once a Trump target, lines up behind Joe Biden

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Angela Stanton-King, a Georgia pro-life advocate who was pardoned by President Trump last month for her 2004 conviction in a vehicle-theft ring, announced Friday she is running as a Republican against the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Lewis. (Screengrab WXIA-TV)

Angela Stanton-King, Ga. woman pardoned by Donald Trump, to challenge Rep. John Lewis

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, greets supporters at the state Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, March 6, 2020. Warnock filed paperwork to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for Georgia’s special U.S. Senate election. (AP Photo/Benjamin Nadler)

Candidate fields for 2020 races in Georgia take final shape

By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., waves to the audience during swearing-in ceremony of Congressional Black Caucus members of the 116th Congress in Washington. The NAACP is honoring Lewis for his Congressional service and long history as a civil rights activist. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Congressman Lewis to receive NAACP honor at awards show

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