July 18, 2020
“There’s a quote inscribed over a doorway in Nashville, where students first refused to leave lunch counters 51 years ago this February. And the quote said, “If not us, then who? If not now, then when?” It’s a question John Lewis has been asking his entire life. It’s what led him back to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma after he had already been beaten within an inch of his life days before. It’s why, time and again, he faced down death so that all of us could share equally in the joys of life. It’s why all these years later, he is known as the Conscience of the United States Congress, still speaking his mind on issues of justice and equality. And generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of John Lewis will come to mind — an American who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time; whose life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now.”
“I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma… I almost died. Some of my best friends were murdered in Mississippi and other places. I’m not asking any of you to give any blood. I’m just asking you to go and vote like you never voted before.”
~John Lewis
What a man and thanks for sharing his message. Hope you saw my tribute to him!!!
Yes I did, thank you. Great kids, so inspiring! God Bless.