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Images from the life of civil rights icon and Rep. John Lewis, 1940 – 2020

John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement who famously was beaten by police in Selma, Ala., during the struggle for Black voting rights and went on to become a 17-term member of Congress, is mourned after his death at 80.

Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Former President Obama addresses mourners during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Former President George W. Bush

Former President George W. Bush speaks during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Former President Bill Clinton

Former President Clinton speaks during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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A woman stands during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A military honor guard moved the casket of Rep. John Lewis

A military honor guard moves the casket of Rep. John Lewis into Ebenezer Baptist Church for his funeral in Atlanta.   (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press)

Mourners stand outside Ebenezer Baptist Church during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis

Mourners stand outside Ebenezer Baptist Church during the funeral of Rep. John Lewis in Atlanta.   (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press)

Samuel Lewis, brother of John Lewis, attends the congressman's funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Samuel Lewis, brother of John Lewis, attends the congressman’s funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Tybre Faw was moved by the reading of John Lewis’ favorite poem, “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley, during the funeral service for the late congressman at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Mourners attend the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Mourners attend the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Rev. James Lawson

Civil rights leader the Rev. James Lawson speaks during the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms sits with her husband, Derek, during the funeral for the Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus surround the flag-draped casket of civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who died July 17, as he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus surround the flag-draped casket of civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who died July 17, as he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
  (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo)

Members of the U.S. Capitol Police honor guard stand near the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., on Monday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Members of the U.S. Capitol Police honor guard stand near the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., on Monday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.   (Matt McClain/Pool Photo)

The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard up the steps of the East front steps of Capitol Hill in Washington Monday.

The flag-draped casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried by a joint services military honor guard up the steps of the East front steps of Capitol Hill in Washington Monday.  (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)

The hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives on 16th Street, renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, near the White House in Washington, DC..

The hearse with the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., drives on 16th Street, renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, near the White House in Washington, DC..  ( Alex Brandon/Pool Photo)

People pay respects to Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday in Washington.

People pay respects to Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, Monday in Washington.   (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to family members in the Rotunda of the U.S., Capitol, during a service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Monday in Washington.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to family members in the Rotunda of the U.S., Capitol, during a service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Monday in Washington.   (Matt McClain/Pool Photo)

John-Miles Lewis touches the casket of his father, the late Rep. John Lewis, D-GA, a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

John-Miles Lewis touches the casket of his father, the late Rep. John Lewis, D-GA, a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.  (Matt McClain/Pool Photo)

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, raises his hands as Amazing Grace is played during the ceremony for the late Rep. John Lewis in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, raises his hands as Amazing Grace is played during the ceremony for the late Rep. John Lewis in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.  (Matt McClain/Pool Photo)

Supreme Court associate justice Sonia Sotomayor pauses at the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Monday.

Supreme Court associate justice Sonia Sotomayor pauses at the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Monday.  (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo)

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A man places flower petals on the Edmund Pettus Bridge ahead of Rep. John Lewis’ casket.  (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)

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Fraternity members sing in front of the casket of the late Rep. John Lewis, during a service celebrating “The Boy from Troy”.  (Brynn Anderson/AP)

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The body of Congressman John Lewis arrives at the Alabama Capitol.  (Julie Bennett/AP)

John Lewis is pictured standing in a suit with the Capitol Dome in the background

With the Capitol Dome in the background, U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2017.  (Lawrence Jackson / Associated Press)

John Lewis is clubbed in the head by an Alabama state trooper during the Selma civil rights march in 1965

John Lewis, then chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is beaten by an Alabama state trooper as the police break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala., with billy clubs and violence March 7, 1965. Lewis’ skull was fractured.  (Associated Press)

John Lewis holds hands with President Obama and other activists leading a 50th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama

Leading a 50th anniversary march in Selma, Ala., in 2015, President Obama holds hands with Rep. John Lewis and Amelia Boynton Robinson, who were both beaten on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965.  (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)

President Obama wraps the Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of Rep. John Lewis

President Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rep. John Lewis during a 2011 ceremony in the East Room of the White House.   (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

John Lewis clasps his hands and bows his head while posing for a portrait

Rep. John Lewis poses for a portrait ahead of the 2017 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Lewis spoke at the festival about “March,” a graphic memoir trilogy based on the civil rights movement and Lewis’ life in Alabama.  (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Congressman John Lewis is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police during a protest calling for immigration reform

Rep. John Lewis is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police during a 2013 demonstration calling for the House to take up immigration reform legislation.  (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

Rep. John Lewis and other lawmakers stand at a news conference

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), center, and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), right, co-chairs of the civil rights task force of the Congressional Black Caucus, join other members of the House to express disappointment in the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that a key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.   (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

People hold up their phones to photograph John Lewis as he speaks outside the Capitol during a sit-in over gun control

Rep. John Lewis speaks to gun control activists outside the Capitol as House Democrats stage a 2016 sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote for gun control measures days after a massacre at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub.  (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Rep. John Lewis gestures emphatically while speaking at a lectern during a commemoration of the March on Washington

Rep. John Lewis speaks in 2013 during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

John Lewis stands in front of a quote of his in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public LIbrary

Rep. John Lewis stands in front of a quote of his in the Civil Rights Room at the Nashville Public Library.   (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

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