Memorial Page for John Lewis (née John Robert Lewis)
American politician and civil rights leader
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John Lewis (* February 21, 1940 in Troy; † July 17, 2020 in Atlanta) was an american politician and civil rights leader. He was 80 years old. He had 1 child. His education included American Baptist College, Fisk University and Pike County Schools. His faith was Baptists. He received 9 awards, including Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wallenberg Medal. His cause of death was pancreatic cancer. He was buried at South-View Cemetery.
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9 EventsBorn in Troy, Pike County
1940Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
1998Lillian Smith Book Award
1998Wallenberg Medal
1999Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1999Spingarn Medal
2002Presidential Medal of Freedom
2011National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2016Died in Atlanta, Fulton County (pancreatic cancer)
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John Lewis (née John Robert Lewis). Forever remembered.