John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://news.yahoo.com/john-lewis-civil-rights-icon-033302411.html

RIP to Congressman John Lewis

John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, has died. He was 80.

In December 2019, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis was a committed participant in some of the key moments of the movement — an original Freedom Rider in 1961, a principal speaker at the March on Washington in 1963, one of those brutally clubbed during a 1965 march in Selma, Ala. Through it all, he faced taunts, beatings and dozens of arrests.

“In the face of what John considered the evils of segregation, he was fearless,” said longtime SNCC activist Courtland Cox.

By his middle years, he was in Congress and sometimes referred to it as its “conscience.” Years later, he was a witness to the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first African American president.

 

[crainbebo]

The Lord, Elijah Cummings and Martin Luther King Jr. are welcoming him to heaven with open arms. He was a fighter all right. People loved him no matter what political affiliation they aligned with. May he FOREVER RIP. :-(

 

[Prescott Joe]

Glad he's gone..........

 

[frankberry]

Glad he's gone..........

Completely inappropriate post. I've suspended Prescott Joe for thirty days.

 

[R.D.P.]

Here's a fitting tune to remember this icon by. And yes...Jesus Radio Selma is currently playing this one. Such a moving message indeed.

Dan <><

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqk4lznvD48

 

[Kemosabe]

Congressman John Lewis's Note to Self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlD2qsfiBrg

 

[Will_H_69_9]

Completely inappropriate post. I've suspended Prescott Joe for thirty days.

good, glad to see we aren't gonna let racism win

anyway, on the topic of John, we lost another good man who fought for Black Civil Rights, and he even was fighting for it even in his final days. and I enjoyed seeing him and Stephen Colbert crowd surfing with Colbert's fans at the Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show a few years ago.

RIP John, you earned your wings today, now let's hope your fight continues in your memory.

 

[frankberry]

I need to close this thread after a couple of people have written ugly and racist posts.
This board is for the purpose of honoring the lives of those who have passed away.
It is not the place to air your hate.