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Rep. John Lewis remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rep. John Lewis marching with Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA — Civil Rights activist and Congressman John Lewis took to Twitter to remember his friend Martin Luther King Jr., on the day honoring the icon.

Lewis called King a friend, mentor and big brother. He said Dr. King “was the moral compass of our nation.”

The tweets included photos of Lewis and King marching together. He used the hashtag #GoodTrouble

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