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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, bid farewell at the conclusion of a service Monday for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, bid farewell at the conclusion of a service Monday for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a 17-term congressman from Georgia, as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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Thousands pay tribute to Rep. John Lewis, the last of the Big Six civil rights icons

Thousands of Americans from Alabama to Washington have paid their final respects to Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and civic rights giant, during a series of memorial tributes that began last Saturday in his hometown of Troy, Ala., and encompassed solemn but emotional ceremonies in two state capitals and the U.S. Capitol, where his body laid in state.