Alexander says Lewis helped Tennesseans ‘understand better the meaning of equal opportunity’

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Saturday praised the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), longtime member of Congress and civil rights icon who died Friday night at the age of 80.”John Lewis’ life proves that the story of America can be, as the Rev. Ben Hooks used to say, ‘a work in progress for the better-even though we still have a long way to go,'” Alexander said in a statement.”Sixty years ago, he was a Fisk University student in Nashville…