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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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We never gave up. We didn't get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.
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My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.
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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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President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan.
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This man [ Donald Trump] won in an electoral landslide.
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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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