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30 Ιουλ 2020 · He became the first Black lawmaker to lie in state at the US Capitol Rotunda. A 12-year-old boy John Lewis befriended two years ago read the late congressman's favorite poem at his service...
30 Ιουλ 2020 · Faw got to hug Lewis and joined him on an anniversary march. And on Thursday, the 12-year-old got to honor the late civil rights leader with a poem at Lewis' private funeral in Atlanta.
A 12-year-old boy John Lewis befriended two years ago read the late congressman's favorite poem "Invictus" at his service. "John Lewis was my hero, my friend. Let’s honor him by getting in good trouble,” Tybre Faw said.
A moving moment at Rep John Lewis' funeral when a young friend of the congressman read his favorite poem. 12-year-old Tybre Faw met his hero, Lewis, in... Black as a pit from pole to pole. I think whatever god may be for my unconquerable soul.
Capital & Main: You met John Lewis when he came to Nashville and was one of your trainees in nonviolence. What was your impression of him as a young man? Rev. James Lawson: When I first met C.T. Vivian and John Lewis in Nashville, Tennessee, the Montgomery bus boycott had just ended.
23 Ιουλ 2020 · Today remembering congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis, who died last week. On March 7, 1965, John Lewis led a peaceful march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma — and was one of the first to be beaten unconscious by police. That day became infamous as Bloody Sunday.
Close friend of John Lewis shares memories from over the years. By Chris Luther. Updated: Jul. 18, 2020 at 7:58 PM PDT. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A man known for getting into “Good Trouble”, John Lewis was arrested more than 40 times during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
