Carry On : Reflections for a New Generation

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A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to “good trouble” continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and advice—exclusively immortalized in these pages—as a message to the generations to come…

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  • twitter .com/MaryLTrump/status/1416544086736113667 (‘ Mary L Trump : The best way to honor #JohnLewis is to #EndTheFilibusterNow and pass the #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct,@JoeManchinWV, @SenatorSinema     ‘)
  • twitter .com/HillaryClinton/status/1417138910946279424 (‘  Hillary Clinton :  The best way to honor John Lewis’s legacy is to pass the For the People Act. Photo: Barb Kinney ‘)
  • twitter .com/PhillyInquirer/status/1417071925315178500  (‘  “This is conniving and concealment with one aim: to stop Black and brown Americans from voting.”, https://t.co/4yQigEsH2x?amp=1 ‘)
  • twitter .com/ReverendWarnock/status/1416388556528967681 (‘ Reverend Raphael Warnock : A year ago we lost a national hero, and I lost a friend and parishioner. John Lewis spent his life fighting to ensure our country lived up to its founding creed, and I’m so honored for the opportunity to carry on his legacy. ‘)
  • twitter .com/SenatorWarnock/status/1416434511693422595 (‘ video,  God bless the memory of the boy from Troy, John Robert Lewis. One year ago, Congressman Lewis crossed that final bridge—but his light and legacy as the conscience of Congress will stay shining as bright as ever.  via @staceyabrams, Senator @Ossoff, #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct, #JohnLewis, #Vote, #YourVoteMatters  ‘)
  • twitter .com/RepValDemings/status/1416375464302686209 (‘  Rep. Val Demings : John Lewis taught us that when we see something that is not right, not just, not fair, we have to do something. He taught us not to lose hope—that this is the struggle of many lifetimes. He taught us to get in #GoodTrouble. One year already. We miss you. ‘)
  • twitter .com/FrankAmari2/status/1416544288364695555 (‘ Frank Amari : Let’s make him proud. Without further delay. ‘)
  • twitter .com/medit8now/status/1416546103353282565 (‘  That’s the truth.  ‘)
  • twitter .com/BetoORourke/status/1416398118657134593 (‘  Beto O’Rourke : We lost John Lewis a year ago, but his life’s work is very much alive in the fight for voting rights and the struggle to save our democracy. Join a vigil tonight to remember one of America’s greatest heroes and to commit yourself to the work before us:    17-07-2021, https://t.co/ewwXwIoEWX?amp=1, https://t.co/QeheIl6hza?amp=1  ‘)
  • en.wikipedia .org/wiki/John_Lewis (‘  John Robert Lewis ( 1940 – 2020 ) was an American statesman and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020… He fulfilled many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States. ‘)
  • en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott (‘ The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States. The campaign lasted from December 5, 1955—the Monday after Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for her refusal to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956… ‘)
  • marchehua .com (‘ My friends from Hong Kong, pro-democracy are arrested by the encroachment of beijing in hong kong on 23-11-2020, they are in prison, So I share their story to help them, Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 ,  Ivan Lam, #save12hkyouths, THANK YOU, #StandwithHongKong  ‘)