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Major purchase for museum spotlights Lewis' life via art

 

The proposed Atlanta Center for Civil and Human Rights, which got off the ground with the acquisition of papers belonging to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has another major gift waiting in the wings.Atlanta philanthropist Anne Cox Chambers has agreed to purchase for the planned museum a series of paintings and drawings on the life of U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) by the late Benny Andrews, subject to the approval of Andrews' estate.