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Former President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy for US Rep. John Lewis on Thursday, July 30.
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Updated 2:10 PM ET, Thu July 30, 2020
Former President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy for US Rep. John Lewis on Thursday, July 30.
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People are paying their respects to US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon and longtime congressman who died earlier this month at the age of 80.
Lewis' funeral is taking place Thursday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. served as a co-pastor from 1960 until his assassination in 1968.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama are in attendance. Obama is delivering the eulogy.
Earlier this week, Lewis became the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the US Capitol rotunda. On Sunday, an honor guard escorted his body across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where Lewis and others were beaten by police while marching for voting rights in 1965.
Lewis, who served Georgia's 5th Congressional District for more than 30 years, was widely seen as a moral conscience of Congress because of his decades-long embodiment of the nonviolent fight for civil rights. His passionate oratory was backed by a long record of action that included, by his count, more than 40 arrests while demonstrating against racial and social injustice.
"It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist Church, at the pulpit of its greatest pastor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple," Obama said.
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People watch Lewis' funeral outside the church. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was making remarks at the time.
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A woman becomes emotional during the funeral. Her face mask carries Lewis' name and the words "keep the faith."
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks during Lewis' funeral on Thursday. "John Lewis was a walking rebuke to people who thought: 'Well, we ain't there yet and we have been working a long time. Isn't it time to bag it?' He kept moving," Clinton said. "He hoped for and imagined and lived and worked and moved for his beloved community."
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Members of Congress attend the service.
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Former President George W. Bush delivered remarks before Clinton. "From Freedom Summer to Selma, John Lewis always looked outward not inward," Bush said. "He always thought of others. He always thought of preaching the gospel in word and in deed, insisting that hate and fear had to be answered with love and hope."
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People wear face masks during Thursday's funeral.
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The scene is set for Lewis' funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Patrice Houston holds a picture of Lewis outside the church ahead of his funeral.
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A military honor guard moves Lewis' casket into Ebenezer Baptist Church for his funeral.
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A military honor guard carries Lewis' casket at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday.
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A woman pauses by Lewis' casket on Wednesday.
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People stand in line to visit Lewis' casket in Atlanta.
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People sign a sympathy card outside the Georgia State Capitol.
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From left, Georgia state Rep. Calvin Smyre, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia first lady Marty Kemp wait for Lewis' casket at the steps of the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday.
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Lewis lies in state at the US Capitol on Tuesday.
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People view Lewis' casket on the US Capitol steps Tuesday. The public viewing took place outside because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jaquenette Ferguson of Oxon Hill, Maryland, gets her picture taken beside a Lewis portrait near the Capitol steps.
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A memorial service is held for Lewis as he lies in state at the US Capitol on Monday.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, visits Lewis' casket along with his wife, Jill, on Monday.
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People wait in line at the base of the Capitol on Monday.
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People pay their respects to Lewis at the US Capitol. The masks say "good trouble," which references one of Lewis' favorite sayings. "Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble," he tweeted in 2018.
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A military honor guard carries Lewis' casket in the US Capitol rotunda.
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Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, visit Lewis' casket on the steps of the Capitol on Monday.
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The American flag flies at half-staff outside the Capitol.
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Lewis' flag-draped casket is carried to the Capitol.
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A security guard peers into the Capitol rotunda.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speak at a ceremony Monday before Lewis' casket arrived at the Capitol.
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A hearse carrying Lewis' casket drives on Black Lives Matter Plaza, near the White House, on Monday.
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People gather at Black Lives Matter Plaza to watch Lewis' funeral procession.
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People in Montgomery, Alabama, wait in line to view Lewis' body at the state Capitol on Sunday.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey stands in the doorway as military pallbearers carry Lewis' casket on Sunday.
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Lewis' casket is pulled a by horse-drawn carriage over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday.
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The horse-drawn carriage moves across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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An Alabama state trooper salutes Lewis' casket in Selma.
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A man places flower petals on the Edmund Pettus Bridge before Lewis' casket was pulled across.
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The Rev. Darryl Caldwell speaks as Lewis lies in repose during a service in Troy, Alabama, on Saturday. Lewis was born just outside of Troy.
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Fraternity members sing in front of Lewis' casket at the service in Troy.
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People take free masks as they arrive at the memorial service in Troy.
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Lewis' sister Rosa Mae Tyner speaks during the Troy service.
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Mourners sing during the Troy service.
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