John Lewis lies in state at the U.S. Capitol
An invitation-only ceremony took place place Monday afternoon, after which members of the public are paying respects to the civil rights icon.
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John Lewis honored at U.S. Capitol
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The Clintons remember Congressman John Lewis
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John Lewis to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
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Congressman John Lewis honored at Edmund Pettus Bridge
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John Lewis' body crosses Selma bridge for a final time
Lewis led the march across the bridge on March 7, 1965, a day that would become known as "Bloody Sunday."
Honors for John Lewis
This weekend, Representative John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, will be taken by a horse-drawn carriage one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Ala., the same bridge where his peaceful protest for voting rights in 1965 was met with a violence that has become seared in our nation’s collective memory. Later, his body will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
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John Lewis honored in Alabama
Memorial services were held across Alabama this weekend to honor the late civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis. A horse-drawn carriage took Lewis' casket for a final crossing of Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday. In 1965 Lewis and others led a peaceful protest across the bridge to support African American voting rights. They were brutally beaten by state troopers in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge and CBS News political contributor Antjuan Seawright join CBSN's Laura Podesta to discuss Lewis' life and legacy.
John Lewis crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge — CBS News Special Report
In a horse-drawn caisson, the casket carrying John Lewis crossed the historic monument to the Civil Rights movement in Selma, Alabama, ahead of a week-long memorial to the icon.
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John Lewis' recognition of female civil rights leaders
CBS News' Michelle Miller reflects on Congressman John Lewis' life ahead of a series of memorials to the civil rights icon.
John Lewis honored in Troy and Selma, Alabama
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John Lewis remembered by family
Congressman John Lewis was remembered by his family at a service in Alabama on Saturday. Watch his brother, Henry "Grant" Lewis, and sister Rosa Mae Tyner remember the civil rights icon -- with a special appearance by his nephew, who called Lewis his "hero."
The Clintons on John Lewis' legacy
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Remembering the tenacious John Lewis
Civil rights congressman John Lewis died Friday, July 17 at the age of 80. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks back at the life of a fighter for social justice who was devoted to getting into "good trouble."
Andrew Young remembers John Lewis
Civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to remember the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, who died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Young helped draft the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and called Lewis a friend.
Rep. John Lewis to lie in state at Capitol
"CBS This Morning" is remembering the lives of two civil rights leaders: C.T. Vivian, who was laid to rest in Atlanta on Thursday, and Rep. John Lewis, who will be laid to rest at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church there next week. Michelle Miller reports from Selma, Alabama, where Lewis famously was beaten by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during a 1965 march to Montgomery. His body will be carried across the bridge in a procession over the weekend as it makes its way to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state.
Rep. John Lewis to lie in state at Capitol Rotunda
The late civil rights icon will lie in state, and the public will have a chance to pay their respects.
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NASA maps show Earth's brightest and darkest regions at night
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