The late Congressman and civil rights icon asked the New York Times to publish the essay on the day of his funeral.
Thursday by the late Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, written by Lewis in the days leading up to his death and planned to run the day of his funeral, where former President Barack Obama is set to deliver the eulogy—but President Trump won’t be in attendance.... [+]KEY FACTS
Lewis reiterated his belief in nonviolent protest, a philosophy that he learned from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and used the phrase he became most famous for, which is getting into “good trouble, necessary trouble” for the sake of American democracy.
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