Deborah Scott (from left), the Rev. C.T. Vivian, and U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and David Scott participate in a voting rights demonstration on Sept. 25, 2012. Both Lewis and Vivian died on July 17. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
For a man who didn’t have a law degree, the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis appeared a lot in a newspaper focused on the legal profession. My records show he was in the Daily Report more than 200 times.
Each of those moments—commenting on a legal issue or, often, being honored by a legal organization—-reflects his importance to the law he shaped through heroic deeds during the civil rights movement and decades as a lawmaker in Washington.
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