NEA: With Death of Rep. Lewis, We Mourn Loss of True Hero
July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The National Education Association issued the following statement on July 18 by President Lily Eskelsen Garcia:
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), a son of sharecroppers who was bloodied at Selma, fought for social and racial justice in the Jim Crow south, and later served in Congress for more than three decades, died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
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"Today we mourn the loss of a true American hero, Congress . . .
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), a son of sharecroppers who was bloodied at Selma, fought for social and racial justice in the Jim Crow south, and later served in Congress for more than three decades, died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
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"Today we mourn the loss of a true American hero, Congress . . .