The US loses two icons of the civil rights movement in one day

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U.S. Rep. John Lewis and Rev. Corey Tindell Vivian presented with the

2010 Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

 

By Faith Karimi, CNN
Updated 9:52 AM EDT, Sat July 18, 2020

 

(CNN)Two towering figures of the American civil rights movement died Friday, a major loss for a nation still grappling with protests and demands for racial equality decades later.

John Robert Lewis died at age 80 after a battle with cancer. Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian died at age 95 of natural causes. They died a day before the birthday of the late Nelson Mandela -- another renown champion of racial equality.

Both men were the epitome of "good trouble" -- Lewis' favorite saying and approach to confronting injustices without violence. They worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the forefront of the historic struggle for racial justices in the 1960s.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/18/us/john-lewis-ct-vivian-dead/index.html

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2020 by Trene4000