Civil Rights Hero and Long-Serving Congressman John Lewis Ready to Fight Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer

Civil Rights icon and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis has Stage IV pancreatic cancer.

The 79-year-old Democrat, who played an integral role in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, announced his condition in a press release on his website.

Lewis, who has represented Georgia's 5th congressional district since 1987, will begin treatment immediatel…