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Five Things John Lewis Taught us About Getting in “Good Trouble”

By NewBlackVoices on July 28, 2020 Race and Racism

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.” John Lewis made this statement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 1, 2020 commemorating the tragic events of Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday occurred on March 7, 1965 as peaceful protesters were beaten by law enforcement officers for crossing the […]

Remembering John Lewis: The Power of ‘Good Trouble’

By NewBlackVoices on July 28, 2020 Race and Racism

Few people that you meet truly rouse the best in you. They are walking heroes, living historymakers. Their words and deeds have a thunderous impact on your soul. Congressman John Robert Lewis was such a person for me. I join the world in mourning the passing of this civil rights legend. The son of a […]