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John Lewis, 78, returns to Mississippi on Friday, one of five people being honored for advancing civil rights. Photo courtesy AP Photos/Mark Humphrey

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Activist John Lewis Honored Decades After Civil Rights Arrest

The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black and white, who challenged segregation in a bus station.

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