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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
John Lewis
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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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Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It's not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
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