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At John Lewis’s Funeral, Obama, Clinton and Bush Pay Tribute

The congressman and civil-rights icon was saluted by members of both parties; ‘We live in a better and nobler country today because of John Lewis’




WASHINGTON—Former President Barack Obama on Thursday heralded the late Rep. John Lewis as a “founding father” whose legacy of activism transformed American democracy, while warning that the nation must remain “vigilant against the darker currents of this country’s history.”


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