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John Lewis on "March" and Getting Into Righteous Trouble to Fight Injustice

2021-07-19

From 2016, Representative John Lewis weighs in on the Black Lives Matter movement and discusses his experience at Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in "March: Book Three."

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We have a young lady in Louisiana who read a book and she as one of the leaders there she Shamash she got arrested and went to jail. When the police officer murder of when the young man was murdered. She had a vision for the for the young black men and for the police officers March is a blueprint. It has a role, is for now. It is sort of future we'll send to the young people of american young people. The world in London is a, believable movement ruin air, a black life matter, his friend all across Amerika. And I think one of the king Jr would be very proud to see young african American fight american young,
He knows in asian, american and native American coming together to say no to racism. No to hate Then we must disarm, hate and crape what he called a beloved community I redeem, the soul of Amerika and enduring So maybe we can help redeem the soul of the world and saved us look planet for for people who are fundamentally oppose. Two black lives matter, people who say the movement itself inspires hates. You know why. Things being broken. Why they march where people are burning things down. You you're a fool of the Essen C C, which was in council that was specifically designed around nonviolence that wasn't wouldn't distinction that you had to make I've always been fast makes it as to why you made that distinction. Well, we study we prepare ourselves
we started alive in teaching of Gandhi status through c windows, obedience. We study about what it's happening in South Africa read about Mandela, Evella tool and others and We accepted away of non violence as a way of life as we live in the sixties, and was arrested forty times since then in Congress, another five times. don't get arrested again for Somethin S adapted people pad does that beat me. You may arrest me inform me in jail, start on a bridge for the right to vote, gave a little blood, but other people gave their lives when you say that. there are some people in the community who say I'm tired of giving my blood I'm tired of having our blood spilled,
and then there are a few who say I'm going to act against those was all the blood. How do you each of those people who have a lot of pain, and we have a lot of anger. We have a lot of fear. How do you? How do you speak to them? They must be. If we must be hopeful, we must be optimistic. We must never hate stopped a king was, hate is too heavy a burden to bear in a week. Not create a society at peace with itself with us hated each other put in each other down and noise. But one book to and number three tell the story: another generation of young people and women so well. The first time I got arrested and went to jail twenty years old and I wanted to look, we have they get arrested, go to jail. I wanted to a new suit, I have very little money, some mental you
those men, stolen, downtime, Nashville and water suit. With this pay, five dollars for this, and I look really show in its original, please fresh and so today a probably could sell on Ebay for a lot of money. The the movement has changed the world changes you they mean pot of watching marching for is what resulted in the Voting Rights ACT of nineteen sixty five coming to fruition, whether a part of you this you have done your job like this. Is racism is done? No, never there's an old wounds, Druther Struthers, the struggle to last for a few days, a few weeks a few months a few years It is a driver of a lifetime, maybe Manila, time, but you must give it all in that's. Why about much is San
We must continue to move our feet, continue to push and pool not just to make it work better, but to make our planet a lot better. There are people who say. America is great. No longer has problems with racism, America. done. There are people who are working against the other the Voter Rights ACT, saying that it is no longer five. There are no more dogs and fire hoses. These We do not need to be in place anymore. Why do you still need these? I would disagree. American is great, make American greater, but we stay our problems. when you have states weathers Nor can I Texas, or some other places trying to me, it harder and more difficult as other ports a few days ago at do they want to take us back when we come to four made too much progress. The debate
have said over and over again that the vote is precious. It has almost sake is the most powerful violent instrument or tool that we have an undemocratic society. We should make it easy as simple for everybody to participate, Words like is recommended. Looking fascinating is in no way the tissue through a beautiful stories. A biography is a comic book. It is a graphic illustration. Is everything in one March book three is available now congressmen, John everyone the daily show with Trevor no ears addition subscribed to the daily show on Youtube for exclusive content in stream, full episodes. any time paramount, but this has been a comedy central podcast
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