Ava DuVernay leads Hollywood tributes to civil rights leader John Lewis

Ava DuVernay leads Hollywood tributes to civil rights leader John Lewis
The 91st Academy Awards – Vanity Fair Party – Los Angeles

Ava DuVernay, Samuel L Jackson and Viola Davis are among the stars paying tribute to civil rights hero John Lewis after his death at the age of 80.

The Georgia congressman was one of the Big Six civil rights leaders, who included Martin Luther King Jr, and helped organise the 1963 March on Washington.

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