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I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!
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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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I think right now, the focus has got to be on how we hold [Donald] Trump accountable.
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I think [Donald Trump] is going to be inaugurated this week. I have great concerns, and apparently Republicans do as well, and there's going to be an investigation about the role that Russian hacking played in getting him elected.
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But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.
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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.
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Don`t give up! Don`t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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I remember being at the church a few hours after the church was bombed in Birmingham, the 16th Street Baptist Church. It was very hard and very difficult to stand on that corner across the street from the church. Or to go Mississippi and search for the three civil rights workers who came up missing. There is a lot of trauma.
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.
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We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.
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When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.
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