“That is why I had to visit Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, though I was admitted to the hospital the following day. I just had to see and feel it for myself that, after many years of silent witness, the truth is still marching on.” nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
“Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor.”
“Unchecked, unrestrained violence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some Skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare.”
“If we are to survive...we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts that could rob Mother Emanuel Church in [SC] of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concertgoers in Las Vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like Elijah McClain.”
“ Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.”
“You must also study and learn the lessons of HISTORY [my emphasis] because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time.”
“When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war.”
The final words of #JohnLewis. This is more than a letter, this is an epistle, in the tradition of MLK and Paul.
Keep it and read it alongside Letter from Bham Jail.
This is a recognition of injustice, an affirmation of struggle, and a call to action.
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
Keep it and read it alongside Letter from Bham Jail.
This is a recognition of injustice, an affirmation of struggle, and a call to action.
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opi…
Nothing left to be said today. #JohnLewis said it all.
I’m out.
I’m out.
