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John Lee Johnson Funeral

Updated: January 7, 2009
Community members packed a church in Champaign to pay their last respects to activist John Lee Johnson. Johnson never recovered after doctors removed a massive tumor. Johnson was known for decades of equal rights activism in Champaign County. Friends a

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