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Old 07-19-2020, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by blueash View Post
Let's remember what John Lewis dealt with. He had his skull fractured by racist white police as he peacefully marched for rights that never should have been an issue 100 years after the defeat of the Confederacy. No cops were ever charged as they were acting on the authority of the government. His Black life did not matter then. But he persisted and history has proven him right.

Maybe now would be a good time to change the name of that bridge where he and others were peacefully marching for human dignity.
Beautifully said. It makes me hopeful that people posted tributes instead of screaming “white power!”