Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., honors the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
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crossing over that Selma Bridge
good Morning,
as I are watched the
proceedings, I believe its a
beautiful tribute to Congressman
John Lewis that there are so
many stops just like the stops
he made during his lifetime in
Selma and then thirty three years in
Congress. He was always such a
compassionate person, a very
faithful person.
He wanted to bring people
together.
He and I had different, fill soft
call and Mitt CAM views,
however political view.
However, I know my cousin Martin
in his remarks the same
sentiments our whole family had
toward Congressman Lewis.
My last conversation with him. He
asked very much about my mother
can and he said how is your
mother how she doing-
and I remember our conversations-
were more along those lines
rather than political, and that
type of thing,
I think its a great tribute
also, even though there are
several stops and observances
theyre, not very long, and that
is exemplary, of who John Lewis
was.
He was pretty much dont put the
attention on me put it on the
people
that wases the John Lewis that I
know very peaceful and if
strong warrior,
my daddy spoke about him a lot.
He was beaten as well,
but hed talk about John and the
fortitude that John displayed,
and that is what I like to
remember about Congressman
Lewis,
PETE Alveda, the actions he
took and others like him, took
change our nation and fulfilled
got closer to fulfilling the
founding principles, proclaimed
and did so is peacefully your
uncle your father, John Lewis.
What can people agitatinged
today who are going violent?
What should they be learning
from someone like John Lewis?
What people today in the
protests are not getting, even
when they take a knee. You dont
necessarily notice that theyre
praying to God
in the 20th century in that
movement, and I marched and went
to Yale and all of that to
Yale and all of that for fair
housing, but we were taught. We
cannot do this without God
and John Lewis, a peaceful
warrior dealing with social
justice.
We must be peaceful,
we must hear each other. We must
exemplify what is need to
communicate peacefully without
erupting into violence, and that
is something that we have to
bridge that gap between the
movement of the 20th century and
the 21st century.
We must learn to be peaceful
warriors.
John Lewis was certainly that
giver give Alveda soon. We will
see John Lewis American
Flag, draped coffin cross. The
Edmund Pettis Bridge
talk to me about the
significance of that image. We
will witness.
Well, I remember my uncle
believed this. He believed in
supporting the constitution of
the United States.
I never had that conversation
with Congressman Lewis.
However, it is interesting that
the flag of the United States is
draped over his coffin,
so at the end of the day we are
all american. We all bleed e the
same. We are human beings, not a
separate race,
and I think that the best
tribute we can give to
Congressman Lewis is to be
peaceful, to negotiate
peacefully to celebrate his
life to settle our differences
peacefully.
If we want to remember John
Lewis, we have to do it in a
peaceful manner.
Jedediah thanks so much AL.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-29.