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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 months ago

What exactly did Congressman John Lewis do over the past last fifty years to be considered a civil rights icon?

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  • 8 months ago
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    His claim to fame is mainly from being badly injured during the civil rights marches in the 1960s. 

  • 8 months ago

    he had black skin. Meritocricy isn't a thing to the left, theyre just a bunch of racists so having black skin is good enough.

  • got wealthy off stupid liberals that kept voting the useless welfare queen a congressional seat.

  • Anonymous
    8 months ago

    He supposedly got hit in the head with a brick in Selma, Alabama, while being in the same pack as Martin Lucifer.

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  • 8 months ago

    Stood up for civil rights. He advocated for bills and laws passed. He gave others hope and a future.

  • Anonymous
    8 months ago

    His skull was fractured by a cop during a civil rights protest. 

  • Anonymous
    8 months ago

    He black............

  • Anonymous
    8 months ago

    He was the stunt double for elijah cummings

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