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NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 19: Congressman/Civil Rights Icon John Lewis poses by images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segreated lunch counters on March 5, 1963. He was honored today in as Nashville Public Library Awards Civil Right Icon Congressman John Lewis Literary Award on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TN - NOVEMBER 19:  Congressman/Civil Rights Icon John Lewis poses by images and his arrest record for leading a nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segreated lunch counters on March 5, 1963. He was honored today in as Nashville Public Library Awards Civil Right Icon Congressman John Lewis Literary Award on November 19, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)