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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Passes


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As a student from Fisk, he was instrumental in organizing the lunch counter protests here in Nashville. 

Jon Menachem is writing his biography. Will b great read.

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29 minutes ago, LongTimeFan said:

How come @OILERMANisnt doing his same schtick in this thread when someone dies?

old men dying after a long life of achievement simply isn't as funny

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42 minutes ago, patsplat said:

old men dying after a long life of achievement simply isn't as funny


Exactly, 80 yr old who conquered Life? 
 

 

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Lowering the flag half mast is not praiseworthy when the administration has secret police is kidnapping Americans in Portland.


John Lewis fought the police state his entire life.  In the original text of his March on Washington speech:
 

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We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of, for hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here. They have no money for their transportation, for they are receiving starvation wages, or no wages at all.
 

In good conscience, we cannot support wholeheartedly the administration’s civil rights bill, for it is too little and too late. There’s not one thing in the bill that will protect our people from police brutality.

This bill will not protect young children and old women from police dogs and fire hoses, for engaging in peaceful demonstrations: This bill will not protect the citizens in Danville, Virginia, who must live in constant fear in a police state. This bill will not protect the hundreds of people who have been arrested on trumped up charges. What about the three young men in Americus, Georgia, who face the death penalty for engaging in peaceful protest?

 

 

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