Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
Lewis, 78, is among five people—including a Seattle attorney whose husband was killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964—being honored for advancing civil rights.
February 23, 2018 at 12:44 PM
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The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black and white, who challenged segregation in a bus station.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who is African-American, recalls going into a restroom labeled for white men only. A Jackson police officer told him and other young people in the group to leave. They refused.
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