March 7, 1965: John Lewis, Hosea William, Albert Turner and Bob Mants lead marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday in an effort to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. – Photo featured in the film John Lewis: Good Trouble/courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. https://dallasexaminer.com/featured/good-trouble-congressman-john-robert-lewis-1940-2020/
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Lewis Mugshot, Jackson, MS. https://www.pbs.org/show/john-lewis-get-in-the-way/
“I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.”
– Congressman John R. Lewis (1940- 2020)
“We Shall Overcome” Pete Seeger
(“Nous Triompherons”)
John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses Selma bridge on way to Montgomery one final time
Solemn crowds watched as Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, was borne by caisson over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/john-lewis-civil-rights-giant-cross-selma-bridge-one-final-n1234941
Morgan Freeman reads Rep. John Lewis’ last words
In a special Last Word, Morgan Freeman reads the words of John Lewis’ final essay, which he requested be published in the New York Times on the day of his funeral: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation.”
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/morgan-freeman-reads-rep-john-lewis-last-words-89332293780
Credit… Doug Mills/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/politics/john-lewis-dies-reaction.html
Obama Eulogizes John Lewis, ’Founding Father Of That Fuller, Fairer, Better America’ | NBC News
REMEMBERING JOHN LEWIS
NBC News 30 juil. 2020: President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy at the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis. He called the congressman and civil rights giant “God’s finest disciple” and the “founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America.”
My Eulogy for Congressman John Lewis
Barack Obama
https://obama.medium.com/my-eulogy-for-congressman-john-lewis-101ea5eb49d1
Black Lives Matter Plaza – Washington, D.C.
June 7, 2020: Lewis made an unannounced visit to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., in front of the White House after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser commissioned a 2-block-long mural. https://www.ajc.com/news/national-govt–politics/capturing-john-lewis-voice/Pwxa5IqaIIJFivQQ03TwDO/