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I think putting the United States down across the world is not something that a responsible person does.

John Lewis

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John Lewis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 21
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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John Robert Lewis
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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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Don`t give up! Don`t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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President-elect [Donald] Trump won 30 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan.
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I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.
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