WASHINGTON D.C. - MARCH 17: Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building on March 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
The former Big Six leader of the civil rights movement was the architect and keynote spe ATLANTA - Representative John Lewis -- a lion of the Civil Rights Movement -- passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.He was 80 years old.During his more than three decades in Congress representing Georgia's 5th district, Rep.
Lewis's name became synonymous with freedom. John Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama, in 1940.Inspired by the Montgomery bus boycotts and the message of Dr.