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U. S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. , one of the nations most preeminent civil rights figures, died Friday night. He was 80. The congressman had been battling pancreatic cancer. Lewis journey took him from protests against Jim Crow laws in the South including the 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march known as Bloody Sunday -- to a long career representing Georgia in the House of Representatives. REV. CT VIVIAN, CIVIL RIGHTS VETERAN WHO WORKED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, DEAD AT 95Lewis was 23 years old when he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other speakers outside the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington. Lewis was the last surviving speaker from the event, The Washington Post reported. "Farewell, sir," Bernice King, the youngest child of MLK, wrote on Twitter. "You did, indeed, fight the good fight and get into a lot of good trouble. You served God and humanity well. Thank you. Take your rest. ""Good trouble" was a favorite phrase that Lewis used to refer to political activism. Word of Lewis death came just hours after that of another noted civil rights activist, the Rev. C. T. Vivian, who died Friday at age 95. "Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way," former President Barack Obama wrote on Twitter. "John Lewis did. ""We have lost a giant," former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said in a statement. "John Lewis gave all he had to redeem Americas unmet promise of equality and justice for all, and to create a place for us to build a more perfect union together. "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ,confirmed Lewis passing late Friday night, calling him one of the greatest heroes of American history. REP. JOHN LEWIS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCERAll of us were humbled to call Congressman Lewis a colleague, and are heartbroken by his passing, Pelosi said.
