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He was my representative before redistricting. If you don't know his story, it's worth taking the time. He got himself beat up to unconsciousness so that the r
by wslack 6y ago
He was my representative before redistricting.
If you don't know his story, it's worth taking the time. He got himself beat up to unconsciousness so that the rest of the United States would not be able to ignore the brutality of its racist South.
- freeqaz 6y agoThanks for this. Read his Wikipedia page[0] and a few blue links. Crazy how wild the 60s were with racism! The police did nothing to stop mobs because of people riding on a bus... Mind blowing 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(civil_rights_leader) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(civil_rights_leade...