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Family Remembers John Lewis as Fighter for 'Least of Us'

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   John Lewis, the late U.S. congressman and civil rights leader, was
   remembered Saturday in a memorial service in Alabama as someone who
   fought for "the least of us."

   At the service at Troy University in Alabama, on the opening day of six
   days of tributes, five siblings and a great-nephew spoke of Lewis as a
   loving and fearless family man.

   "He'd gravitate toward the least of us," said brother Henry "Grant"
   Lewis. "He worked a lifetime to help others."

   The siblings reminded the crowd of their brother's famous injunction to
   make "good trouble" -- ruffling feathers when it was for a righteous
   cause.

   The events that began in Troy, Lewis' hometown, will culminate next
   week with his funeral in Georgia.

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