Watch live: John Lewis’ body carried over historic Edmund Pettus Bridge
Civil rights icon died from complications of pancreatic cancer
Natasha Dado, Web Producer
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. 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) (Carolyn Kaster, AP2010)
Watch live coverage as the country bids a final farewell to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who died at age 80 from complications of pancreatic cancer. Lewis’ body will lie in states in Montgomery, Ala., the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, and Atlanta, Ga.