John Lewis funeral: Obama says Lewis ‘devoted his time’ fighting attacks on U.S. democracy
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John Lewis funeral: Obama says Lewis ‘devoted his time’ fighting attacks on U.S. democracy
Former U.S. president Barack Obama acknowledged the 2020 U.S. presidential election and current anti-racism protests across the country during his eulogy to civil rights icon John Lewis on Thursday, saying that Lewis “devoted his time on this earth fighting the very attacks on democracy." – Jul 30, 2020
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Listen to former President Barack Obama's touching eulogy for civil rights icon John Lewis. "John Lewis did not hesitate and kept on getting on board buses and sitting at lunch counters, got his mugshot taken again and again, marched again and again – on a mission to change America." | AJ
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"And someday, when we do finish that long journey towards freedom, when we do form a more perfect union, whether it's years from now or decades, or even if it takes another two centuries, John Lewis will be a founding father of that fuller, fairer, better America." Former President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy for the late Rep. John Lewis Thursday afternoon, capping off a day of heartfelt tributes to honor the legacy of the civil rights icon and the example he set for America to keep marchi
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I’ve spent the morning reading tributes to the extraordinary life and legacy of John Lewis. And I’m awed by the way that, in eight decades filled with such weight and consequence, he also managed to keep things simple and light. For him, the pursuit of lofty goals like justice and righteousness was about just doing what’s right. His epic life story rightly fills the pages of biographies and college textbooks, yet he also chose to publish it as a comic book. And even as he spent a lifetime marchi
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