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TThe death of John Lewis, the Alabama-born civil rights activist Freedom Rider and student leader-turned-Georgia congressman, represents a generational transition in America’s long struggle for black freedom, dignity and citizenship. A disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who experienced brutal and repeated acts of violence by racist white police …

A private funeral will be held Tuesday for Rayshard Brooks, the black man who was killed by a white police officer in a fast-food parking lot at the church in Atlanta, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr once preached. Brooks’ gold coffin was escorted by a black and white …