By Jeff Amy and Sudhin Thanawala ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was lauded as a warrior and a hero during a ceremony Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol, where the civil rights icon who represented much of Atlanta in Congress will lie in repose before a funeral service that at least two former presidents are expected to attend. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Lewis called on 'America to be America again,' referencing the poem in which Langston Hughes reproaches the country for not living up to its ideals. 'Until his last days, he was calling on America to be America […]
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