Longtime civil rights activist and House Representative from Georgia - John Lewis, 79, on Sunday said that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The member of the Democratic Party had led several sit-ins and 'bus-rides' in a bid to integrate the African-American community with the rest of American society in the 1960s and 1970s.

Civil rights activist John Lewis diagnosed with cancer

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Civil rights activist John Lewis diagnosed with cancer

Comedian and civil rights activist, Dick Gregory, dies at age 84