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Veteran activist, civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis has appeared in a new commercial for Hillary Clinton backing her commitment to equality.

Lewis, who as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the “Big Six” leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington, played many key roles in the Civil Rights Movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States.

In the new commercial Lewis says, “When Hillary Clinton becomes president of the United States, it will be another trip down a very long road. She’s smart. She’s gifted. She is ready. She is a leader. She is a fighter for what is right, what is fair, and what is just. It will send a strong and powerful message to the people of American and to the people of the world, that we truly believe in equality.”

Watch the ad above.