Photos: Civil rights icon John Lewis through the years

Civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis appears in a scene from the new documentary "John Lewis -- Good Trouble" (Magnolia Pictures)
Civil rights demonstrators, led by Martin Luther King (5th R), civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy (5th L), John Lewis (3rd L) and other civil and religious leaders, make their way from Selma to Montgomery on March 22, 1965 in Alabama, on the third leg of the Selma to Montgomery marches. The 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police. (Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)
President John F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders at the White House August 28, 1963. John Lewis is standing next to Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
President Clinton sits between the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during ceremonies commemorating the 35th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2000. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) (R) stands near U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) and other members of Congress during a media conference on Capitol Hill May 2, 2006 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Henry Singleton (2nd L) of New York City holds up a sign as U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) speaks during a rally to mark the finishing of March2Justice April 21, 2015 at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Dozens of marchers took part in an eight-day, 250-mile-long march from Staten Island, New York to the nation's capital to demand congressional intervention to tackle "the national crisis of police violence." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Civil Rights leaders Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Ambassador Andrew Young, Dorothy Irene Height (in wheelchair), Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson attend the groundbreaking of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial November 13, 2006 in Washington, DC. The memorial to the slain civil rights leader has been in the works for 10 years and will be situated on the National Mall near the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), reads a statement speaking out against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions (R-AL), during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, January 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. The committee is on its second day of the Sessions confirmation hearing. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
US congressman and american civil rights leader John Lewis pays his respects at the site where Mahatama Gandhi was killed in New Delhi on February 16, 2009. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images)
FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Congressman John Lewis talks with media members after signing paperwork to qualify for reelection to his District 5 seat in Atlanta. Lewis said Thursday, June 4, that the video of George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minnesota “made me cry.” “I kept saying to myself: How many more? How many young black men will be murdered?” the Georgia congressman said on CBS. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Congressman John Lewis talks to San Jose State University students, during their Alternative Spring Break Trip, in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C. in 2017. Originally scheduled as a quick "meet and greet," Lewis spent more than an hour with the students talking about his involvement with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. He concluded the session posing for pictures and signing his books. (Photo by Michael Cheers)
Former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) (R) greets Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (L) as he stands onstage with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (2nd R) after a ceremony to honor Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks while Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (M) and U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) listen with other members of Congress during a rally on Capitol Hill July 17, 2007 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 19: Congressman/Civil Rights Icon John Lewis views for the first time images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segreated lunch counters, March 5, 1963. He was eariler honored with the Nashville Public Library Literary Award on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) stands next to a March On Washington stamp during an unveiling event at the Newseum, August 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Postal Service hosted the event to unveil a limited edition stamp commemorating the 1963 march on Washington for civil rights. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Congressman John Lewis talks to San Jose State University students, during their Alternative Spring Break Trip, in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C. in 2017. Originally scheduled as a quick "meet and greet," Lewis spent more than an hour with the students talking about his involvement with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. He concluded the session posing for pictures and signing his books. (Photo by Michael Cheers)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 22: U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) speaks to gun control activists who gather outside the Capitol after House Republicans have forced votes as House Democrats stages a sit-in on the House floor June 22, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to demand Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) not to recess the House without voting on legislation including the bipartisan "No Fly, No Buy" legislation and a universal background check bill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (R) is presented with the 2010 Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama during an East Room event at the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal, the highest honor awarded to civilians, to twelve pioneers in sports, labor, politics and arts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 22: (L-R) Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell and Congressman John Lewis attend Entertainment Weekly Con-X at Embarcadero Marina Park North on July 22, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Dave Mangels/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 23: Actor Samuel Jackson (C) poses for a photograph with civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) (R) during a reception in honor of the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture at the White House September 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will be among the guests to help open the museum to the public Saturday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus wait to enter as a group to attend the memorial services of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) at the U.S. Capitol October 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. Rep. Cummings passed away on October 17, 2019 at the age of 68 from "complications concerning longstanding health challenges." (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) (C) speaks during a House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing focusing on "Legislative Proposals and Tax Law Related to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Returns." In the Longworth House Office Building on January 7, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Representative John Lewis and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young arrive prior to Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
San Jose State University student Brandon Parent takes a selfie with Congressman John Lewis in Washington, D.C. in 2017. Parent was part of a group of San Jose State University students, on an Alternative Spring Break Trip, visited Congressman Lewis in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, D.C. Originally scheduled as a quick "meet and greet," Lewis spent more than an hour with the students talking about his involvement with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. He concluded the session posing for pictures and signing his books. (Photo by Michael Cheers)
SELMA, AL - MARCH 07: (L-R) Former first lady Laura Bush, first lady Michelle Obama, U.S. president Barack Obama, U.S. Rep John Lewis (D-GA) and former U.S. president George W. Bush pray during a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march on March 7, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. Selma is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the famed civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery that resulted in a violent confrontation with Selma police and State Troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

By Gieson Cacho | gcacho@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: July 17, 2020 at 9:07 p.m. | UPDATED: July 19, 2020 at 6:27 a.m.

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John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman, has died at the age of 80, according to the Associated Press.

Lewis played a major role in the civil rights movement that was led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of 600 protesters who took part in the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The protesters were beaten by police. Later in his life, the Atlanta Democrat won a U.S. House seat in 1986 and served 17 terms, playing a part in numerous pieces of legislation.