{"id":23813,"date":"2020-07-31T19:05:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T19:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/?p=23813"},"modified":"2020-10-03T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T16:17:57","slug":"mdfde-usa-saving-america-2020-following-in-the-late-rep-john-robert-lewiss-footsteps-blacklivesmatter-nojusticenopeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2020\/07\/31\/mdfde-usa-saving-america-2020-following-in-the-late-rep-john-robert-lewiss-footsteps-blacklivesmatter-nojusticenopeace\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFDE\/USA: Saving America 2020: Following in the late Rep. John Robert LEWIS&#8217;s Footsteps #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March 7, 1965:<\/strong> 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. &#8211; 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\/<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">*****************<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23829 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8-877x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8-877x1024.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8-200x233.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/afa9872f-a001-4f3c-a97f-b85bb87481e8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Mugshot, Jackson, MS. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/john-lewis-get-in-the-way\/\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/john-lewis-get-in-the-way\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cI 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 \u2013 good trouble, necessary trouble.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2013 Congressman John R. Lewis (1940- 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;We Shall Overcome&#8221; Pete Seeger<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(&#8220;Nous Triompherons&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1osKWCDXl40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"categoryAndSponsor___30tSb noSponsor___1ZiQc db-m df flex-column\">\n<div class=\"article-hero-headline layout-grid-item grid-col-10-xl\">\n<h2 data-test=\"article-hero__headline\"><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"article-hero__headline f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-test=\"article-hero__headline\">John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses Selma bridge on way to Montgomery one final time<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nn_bal_john_lewis_memorial_200726_1595805687280.focal-760x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nn_bal_john_lewis_memorial_200726_1595805687280.focal-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nn_bal_john_lewis_memorial_200726_1595805687280.focal-760x428-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nn_bal_john_lewis_memorial_200726_1595805687280.focal-760x428-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Solemn crowds watched as Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, was borne by caisson over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/john-lewis-civil-rights-giant-cross-selma-bridge-one-final-n1234941\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/john-lewis-civil-rights-giant-cross-selma-bridge-one-final-n1234941<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"unibrow articleTitleSection category___enirV\"><a class=\"vilynx_disabled vilynx_listened\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\">The Last Word<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"titleAndShareAndDek___-H_bE\">\n<div class=\"titleAndShare___38Oiw\">\n<h2 class=\"title___1GlCJ\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Morgan Freeman reads Rep. John Lewis\u2019 last words<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a special Last Word, Morgan Freeman reads the words of John Lewis\u2019 final essay, which he requested be published in the New York Times on the day of his funeral: <em>\u201cTogether, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation.\u201d<\/em> <span class=\"byline___3NI-f\">July 31, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\/watch\/morgan-freeman-reads-rep-john-lewis-last-words-89332293780\">https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\/watch\/morgan-freeman-reads-rep-john-lewis-last-words-89332293780 <\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"css-16f3y1r e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-bsn42l\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/18lewis-react-sub\/18lewis-react-sub-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/18lewis-react-sub\/18lewis-react-sub-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/18lewis-react-sub\/18lewis-react-sub-jumbo-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/18lewis-react-sub\/18lewis-react-sub-superJumbo-v2.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Representative John Lewis receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2011.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-16f3y1r e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><strong>February 15, 2011:<\/strong> Representative John Lewis receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. <\/span><span class=\"css-cnj6d5 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230; <\/span>Doug Mills\/The New York Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\/watch\/morgan-freeman-reads-rep-john-lewis-last-words-89332293780\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/john-lewis-dies-reaction.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-bsn42l\"><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Obama Eulogizes John Lewis, \u2019Founding Father Of That Fuller, Fairer, Better America\u2019 | NBC News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pc8Bl_rL61s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-contents\" class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-flexy\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"top-row\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"upload-info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"style-scope ytd-channel-name\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>REMEMBERING JOHN LEWIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"upload-info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\"><strong><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCeY0bbntWzzVIaj2z3QigXg\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0 30 juil. 2020:<\/strong> <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy at the funeral service for Rep. John Lewis. He called the congressman and civil rights giant &#8220;God&#8217;s finest disciple&#8221; and the &#8220;founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"b54f\" class=\"fr fs ba ft b fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj dg\"><strong>My Eulogy for Congressman John Lewis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"gk\">\n<div class=\"n dd gl gm gn\">\n<div class=\"o n\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"dh go gp\">\n<div class=\"gq n dc o p en gr gs gt gu gv ch\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dh go gp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"am gw gp go\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/fit\/c\/56\/56\/0*1Q12W-bdLEObPg-I.jpg\" alt=\"Barack Obama\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" \/> Barack Obama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"top-row\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer\">\n<div id=\"upload-info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/obama.medium.com\/my-eulogy-for-congressman-john-lewis-101ea5eb49d1\">https:\/\/obama.medium.com\/my-eulogy-for-congressman-john-lewis-101ea5eb49d1<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div id=\"center_col\">\n<div id=\"res\" class=\"med\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"search\">\n<div data-ved=\"2ahUKEwitvIzdo4zrAhVwx4UKHc3PD58QGnoECBUQLQ\">\n<div id=\"rso\" data-async-context=\"query:Black%20Lives%20Matter%20Square%20DC\">\n<div class=\"g\">\n<div class=\"rc\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwitvIzdo4zrAhVwx4UKHc3PD58QFSgAMAB6BAgCEAA\">\n<div class=\"r\">\n<h1 class=\"LC20lb DKV0Md\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Black Lives Matter Plaza &#8211; Washington, D.C.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/H6Z7MJYCX5BUIZXSLBANKY4HQE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/H6Z7MJYCX5BUIZXSLBANKY4HQE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/H6Z7MJYCX5BUIZXSLBANKY4HQE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/H6Z7MJYCX5BUIZXSLBANKY4HQE-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/H6Z7MJYCX5BUIZXSLBANKY4HQE-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 7, 2020:<\/strong> 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&#8211;politics\/capturing-john-lewis-voice\/Pwxa5IqaIIJFivQQ03TwDO\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xSk9UekE3J\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2020\/06\/03\/mdfde-france-usa-dearest-world-his-name-was-george-george-floyd-blacklivesmatter-nojusticenopeace\/\">MDFDE\/FRANCE-USA: Dearest WORLD: His Name was GEORGE, GEORGE FLOYD! #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2020\/06\/03\/mdfde-france-usa-dearest-world-his-name-was-george-george-floyd-blacklivesmatter-nojusticenopeace\/embed\/#?secret=xSk9UekE3J\" data-secret=\"xSk9UekE3J\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;MDFDE\/FRANCE-USA: Dearest WORLD: His Name was GEORGE, GEORGE FLOYD! #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace&#8221; &#8212; francaisdeletranger.org\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lS83tLDS29\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2017\/01\/16\/mdfdeusa-thank-you-rep-john-lewis-mlk-for-showing-us-the-way-big-time-mdfdejesuisladyliberty131\/\">MDFDE\/USA: THANK YOU Rep. 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