July 18, 2020

With the death Friday night of John Lewis — nine months to the day after Elijah Cummings’ passing — the Congressional Black Caucus faces a profound moment: the generation that built the group into a powerhouse is slowly fading away.

There are fewer members now who served in the frontlines of the civil rights battles in the 1960s and 1970s. Their experience — seared into the consciousness of every American – is being lost at a particularly fraught time for race relations in America. The CBC has been leading the push for societal change as the United States grapples with decades of racial violence and injustice toward Black Americans, and now must do so without its most revered member.

Lewis also died the same day as the Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian, another iconic figure from the civil-rights movement.

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