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U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), center, speaks while touring the Lorraine Hotel with other Members of Congress in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, March 2, 2018. Next to Lewis is U.S Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), left and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.). Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated at the hotel on April 4, 1968. Members of Congress are on a three-day pilgrimage to locations with ties to Martin Luther King. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Members of Congress lay wreath at site of King assassination

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 13, 2017 file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., walks into commencement exercises at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass. Lewis has been named the principal speaker at Harvard University's commencement on May 24, 2018 in Cambridge, Mass., (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

Congressman John Lewis to give Harvard commencement address

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FILE - In this June 25, 2013 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accompanied by fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus express disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision on Shelby County v. Holder that invalidates Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lewis worked for racial equality in Mississippi and across the South in the 1960s, and has been a U.S. congressman from Georgia since 1986. He returns to Mississippi Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, and is one of five people being honored for advancing civil rights. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges Hall: Ban assault weapons

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Millie Bobby Brown, right, gestures as from left, Noah Schnapp, and Finn Wolfhard look on at the &quot;Stranger Things&quot; panel on day three of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in San Diego. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Comic-Con hits: ‘Black Panther,’ Batman, ‘Stranger Things’

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Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., participates in a panel for &quot;MARCH&quot; on day three of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in San Diego. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP)

Civil rights icon leads march through California Comic-Con

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE-In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks at an election night party for Democratic candidate for 6th congressional district Jon Ossoff in Atlanta. Commissioners in a suburban Atlanta county have voted to publicly reprimand a colleague, Commissioner Tommy Hunter, for calling civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis a “racist pig” on Facebook. News outlets report the decision on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, followed the recommendation of Gwinnett County’s ethics board, which voted earlier in June to sustain the ethics complaint against the Commissioner. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Georgia official to be reprimanded for ‘racist pig’ comment

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Rep. John Lewis tells Bard graduates to keep eyes on prize

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Civil rights icon John Lewis to speak at Berea commencement

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US Rep. John Lewis to receive citizen activist award

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Mayor’s courage to fight against racism, for equality

By ANDREW DYS - Associated Press

Man accused of threats to Rep. Lewis’ staff appears in court

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

US Rep. John Lewis chosen to speak at NY college graduation

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FILE - This Nov. 18, 2016 file photo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tenn. Lewis is the subject of a documentary, “John Lewis: Get in the Way,” airing on PBS on Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

‘Get in the Way’: The way of civil rights hero John Lewis

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 1, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump: John Lewis ‘grandstanded,’ ‘got caught in a very bad lie’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President-elect Mike Pence places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump inauguration boycott grows to third of Democratic caucus

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Lone Democrat in Alabama delegation skipping inauguration

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Commissioner asked to step down after ‘racist pig’ comments

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In this file July 8, 2016 file photo, civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus participate in a news conference on Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tommy Hunter, Ga. official, urged to resign after calling Rep. John Lewis a ‘racist pig’ on Facebook

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Other provocative remarks by Maine’s governor over the years

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 file photo Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage, right, and House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, attend the Electoral College vote at the State House in Augusta, Maine. The Republican governor on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, addressed Lewis' criticism that GOP President-elect Donald Trump is not a &quot;legitimate president.&quot; LePage, who's white, said on WVOM-FM that the black Democratic Georgia congressman needs a lesson on how presidents freed the slaves and fought against Jim Crow laws. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

The Latest: John Lewis rep: History refutes LePage’s remarks

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