Opinion: John Lewis: the Civil Rights Icon Who Always Got Into the ‘Good Trouble’, By Bisi Olanipekun
Congressman Lewis, through his life’s work, has helped bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice.
As Obama rightly puts it in his eulogy to the one he called friend and mentor: “Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did,” he wrote. “And thanks to him, we now all have our marching orders – to keep believing in the possibility of remaking this country we love until it lives up to its full promise.”
John Lewis was a giant who walked among us. When I saw him, I couldn’t help but think one thing: “I haven’t done enough.”
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