There are often pivotal days and moments in the midst of election campaigns. Yesterday definitely felt like one of those days, matthewjdowd writes.
for voting rights, justice and equality, and Obama extolled us to continue that fight, while Trump wants to do something that is not only unconstitutional, it is something no president in our history has floated. Abraham Lincoln didn't do during the Civil War in 1864, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt didn't do in the midst of World War II in 1944.
Pam Hooks, left, and Eddie Smith watch the funeral procession for civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis as his casket arrives at Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30, 2020, in Atlanta. In 2017, I suggested that America was more divided than it had ever been since the Civil War. I was criticized roundly by many supporters of Trump. Tragically, I was accurate in my assessment.
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Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis Was PerfectThis will likely go down as one of Obama’s greatest speeches and it is worth watching in full.
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‘America Was Built by John Lewises,’ Says Barack Obama in a Moving Eulogy.BarackObama's speech honoring John Lewis's life was centered around the importance of voting rights, which Lewis devoted much of his life and career to fighting for.
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