A Memoir of the Movement, John Lewis

In 1957, a teenaged boy named John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama for Nashville, the epicenter of the struggle for civil rights in America. Lewis’s adherence to nonviolence guided that critical time and established him as one of the movement’s most charismatic and courageous leaders. Lewis’s leadership in the Nashville Movement—a student-led effort to desegregate the city of Nashville using sit-in techniques based on the teachings of Gandhi—set the tone for major civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. Lewis traces his role in the pivotal Selma marches, Bloody Sunday, and the Freedom Rides. Inspired by his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis’s vision and perseverance altered history. In 1986, he ran and won a congressional seat in Georgia, and remains in office to this day, continuing to enact change.
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• 7sur7 .be/monde/obama-condamne-l-envoi-par-trump-d-agents-federaux-contre-des-manifestants-pacifiques~af499217 (‘ 30-07-2020, Barack Obama a condamné jeudi l’envoi par Trump d’agents fédéraux contre des “manifestants pacifiques” et les efforts des autorités pour “attaquer le droit de vote” des Américains. ‘)
• twitter .com/i/events/1284337226973765632 (‘ Le membre du Congrès et légende des droits civils John Lewis est décédé à 80 ans, Le député géorgien de longue date est décédé vendredi, selon la présidente de la Chambre, Nancy Pelosi, et de nombreux médias. Lewis, qui était un géant du mouvement des droits civiques et souvent appelé la “conscience du Congrès“, a reçu un diagnostic de cancer du pancréas en décembre 2019. Sincères condoléances ‘)
• goodreads .com/author/show/6429079.John_Lewis
• speaker .gov/newsroom/71720-1  (‘ 18-07-2020, Nancy Pelosi Statement on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis ‘)
• twitter .com/joshuawongcf/status/1284335459846545408  (‘  I’m saddened to learn of the death of the civil-rights hero and Congressman John Lewis. He was a tireless champion of a more equal America, a more equal world, through his activism and public service, which have inspired so many of us. I’ll never forget his support for #HongKong.  Joshua Wong 黃之鋒,  Nathan Law 羅冠聰, Agnes Chow 周庭, Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒 , Denise Ho, @hoccgoomusic… ‘)
• twitter .com/RepTomSuozzi/status/1284333619549540352 (‘ Rest in peace good and faithful servant. Tonight we lost a great man, a great American, and God’s faithful servant. It is such an honor to have known him, to have served with him on his committee, and, for an all too brief time, to have called him a friend.; Tom Suozzi; Repose en paix, bon et fidèle serviteur.Ce soir, nous avons perdu un grand homme, un grand Américain et le fidèle serviteur de Dieu. C’est un tel honneur de l’avoir connu, d’avoir siégé avec lui au sein de son comité et, pour une trop courte durée. temps, pour l’avoir appelé un ami.  Tom Suozzi ‘)
• medium .com/@BarackObama/my-statement-on-the-passing-of-rep-john-lewis-fa86761cd964 (‘ Early on, John Lewis embraced the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience as the means to bring about real change in this country, understanding that such tactics had the power not only to change laws, but to change hearts and minds as well… Barack Obama, @BarackObama, Andrew Adonis, @Andrew_Adonis ‘)
• theguardian .com/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/barack-obama-john-lewis-funeral-transcript (‘ Representative John Lewis, a legendary civil rights leader and member of Congress, died of cancer on 17 July. In a eulogy at his memorial on Thursday, Barack Obama spoke about Lewis’s legacy, especially the importance of continuing his fight to protect voting rights. ‘)
• cnn .com/2020/02/20/politics/gallery/john-lewis/index.html (‘ La vie de John Lewis en images, le représentant américain John Lewis pose devant le pont Edmund Pettus à Selma, Alabama, en mars 2018. L’icône des droits civiques, qui a aidé à organiser les marches de Selma à Montgomery en 1965, a été élu au Congrès en 1987. Jeremy Moorhead  ‘)