Civil rights leader is honored by UConn

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Civil rights leader and veteran U.S. Rep. John Lewis is being honored at the University of Connecticut's law school.

Lewis will receive an honorary law degree before delivering the commencement address before about 240 students and their families at the law school on Sunday.

Lewis, a 13-term congressman from Georgia, was one of the 13 original freedom riders and helped organize the 1963 March on Washington. He had his skull fractured while leading protesters in a march in Selma, Alabama in 1965.

He was first elected to Congress in 1986.

Lewis will be joined at the graduation ceremony by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy who also will speak.