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Washington DC, Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- Almost 57 years after the iconic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a memorial was held for civil rights leader John Lewis on Monday in the United States Capitol.The legacy of the man who fought for equality alongside Martin Luther King Jr. was highlighted by politicians and leaders who, despite the COVID-19 epidemic, came to say their farewells.(Camera: EDWIN RAMIREZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE ARRIVAL OF NANCY PELOSI, JOE BIDEN AND HIS WIFE TO THE CAPITOL TO HONOR CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER JOHN LEWIS IN WASHINGTON DC, US.
Alabama, Jul 26 (EFE/EPA).- Military pallbearers carried Sunday the casket of civil rights leader and Democratic Representative from Georgia John Lewis into the state capitol in Mongomery.Lewis died at age 80 on 17 July 2020 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019. John Lewis was the youngest leader in the March on Washington in 1963. (Camera: ERIK LESSER)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CASKET OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE FROM GEORGIA JOHN LEWIS BEING CARRIED IN ALABAMA, US.
U.S. Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and one of the original marchers on Selma, introduces President Barack Obama during the 50th anniversary of the march that sparked the Voting Rights Act. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Congressman John Lewis understood the movie 'Selma' better than most in attendance at the screening as he was there marching and helping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the real events. He was emotionally moved by the film.
Moscow, Aug 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky) The Sakharov Center in Moscow hosted on Friday the funeral for Sergei Kovalev, activist and leader of the pro-democracy movement in the USSR, who died at the age of 91.FOOTAGE OF THE FUNERAL.
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