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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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U.S. Representative
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Alabama
John Robert Lewis
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