R.I.P. John Lewis...

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This is the speech President Obama gave when he awarded the medal of freeeom to John Lewis"

"Here is what President Obama said of Rep. Lewis, in full:
“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.”

Our nation has lost a true patriot who fought for Justice for everyone....he certainly walked the talk.  He made this nation a more equitable one for all of us.   We owe him an enormous debt.  

I couldn't do a silly one this past Saturday so I'm back posting this as I'm wondering if his legacy will be listened to and adhered to .  This is the time to get a voting rights bill passed as he had been trying to since Congress desimated it.