GA—US Civil Rights Hero and Congressman John Lewis Dead at 80

[realanastasia]

From CNN: “John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer.“
More here: Civil rights legend John Lewis dead at 80 - CNNPolitics


John Lewis, US civil rights hero and Democratic congressman, dies at 80


John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80

 

[Laughing]

John Lewis and C.T. Vivian: US lost two civil rights icons in one day - CNN

Both men were the epitome of "good trouble" -- Lewis' favorite saying and approach to confronting injustices without violence. They worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the forefront of the historic struggle for racial justices in the 1960s.

BBM

A pastor of mine (now retired) was on that bridge, that day, too.

RIP, gentlemen, thank you for your work to make the world a better place!

 

[Betty P]

I recently watched the movie "Selma" about MLK, John Lewis and so many others putting their lives on the line. If you ever get a chance, watch the PBS documentary "Eyes On the Prize". The real-life video footage from those days of protest, Freedom Riders, etc. is horrifying to watch.

RIP John Lewis

 

[human]

True hero!

 

[Jax49]

RIP. Thank you.