“I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.”

– U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., announcing his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. The civil rights movement icon plans to continue serving in his post.

This article appears in January 3 • 2020.

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