ATLANTA (AP) As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 1960s forced a nations awakening to racial discrimination. As a congressman today at 79, Lewis is facing a foe like none before: advanced pancreatic cancer.
The veteran Democrat congressman from Georgia has fought many struggles in his lifetime. Yet, he said, I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now, announcing Sunday in Washington that the cancer was detected earlier this month and confirmed in a…
