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. >>> CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS HAD
A MESSAGE HE WANTED TO SHARE
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. IN THE DAYS BEFORE HE DIED HE
WROTE AN ESSAY AND HE WANTED IT
PUBLISHED THE DAY OF HIS
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL. HE WROTE ABOUT THE PUSH FOR
EQUALITY AND TELLS US IT IS OUR
TIME TO LET FREEDOM REIGN.
WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT LETTER
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. >> WHILE MY TIME HERE HASDOM TO
AN END, I WANT YOU TO KNOW IN
THE LAST DAYS AND HOURS OF MY
LIFE, YOU INSPIRED ME.
>> YOU FILLED ME WITH HOPE
ABOUT THE NEXT CHAP TEAR OF THE
AMERICAN STORY WHEN YOU USED
YOUR POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN OUR SOCIETY.
>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
SIMPLY BY HUMANDOM
COMPASSION.
COMPASSION. >> THAT IS WHY I HAD TO VISIT
BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA.
I JUST HAD TO SEE AND FEEL IT
FOR MYSELF.
FOR MYSELF. THAT AFTER MANY YEARS OF SILENT
WITNESS TO THE TRUTH AND STILL
MARCHING ON.
MARCHING ON. >> EMMIT HILL WAS MY GEORGE
FLOYD, RASHARD BROOKS.
HE WAS 14 WHEN HE WAS KILLED
AND I WAS ONLY 15 AT THE TIME.
>> I'LL NEVER, EVER FORGET THE
MOMENT THAT HE WOULD HAVE
EASILY BEEN ME.
IN THOSE DAYS FEAR DON STRAINED
US LIKE AN IMAGINARY PRISON,
ADMITTED FOR NO UNDERSTANDABLE
REASON.
REASON.
REASON. >> AND THOUGH I WAS SURROUNDED
BY TWO LOVING PARENTS, PLENTY
OF BROTHERS, SISTERS AND
COUSINS, THEIR LOVE COULD NOT
PROTECT ME.
PROTECT ME. UNCHECKED, UNRESTRAINED
UNCHECKED, UNRESTRAINED VIOLENCE AND GOVERNMENT
SANCTIONED TERROR TURNED A
SIMPLE STROLL TO THE STORE FOR
SKITTLES OR AN INNOCENT STROLL
DOWN A DOWN TRY ROAD INTO A
NIGHTMARE.
NIGHTMARE. >> IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE, WE
MUST DISCOVER WHAT IS SO
READILY IN OUR HEARTS THAT CAN
ROB MOTHER EMMANUEL CHURCH OF
HER BRIGHTEST AND BEST.
SHOOTS UNWITTING CONCERT GOERS
IN LAS VEGAS AND CHOKES TO
DEATH THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF A
GIFTED VIOL
GIFTED VIOL GENTLEMAN ELIJAH MCCLAIN.
SNEE HEARD THE VOICE OF DR.
DING KING ON AN OLD RADIO.
>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
FISCAL CLIFF AND PHILOSOPHY OF
NON-VIOLENCE.
NON-VIOLENCE. HE SAYS EACH OF US HAS A MORALE
OBLIGATION TO STAND UP, SPEAK
UP AND SPEAK OUT.
>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT
IS NOT RIGHT, YOU MUST SAY
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. YOU MUST DO SOMETHING.
DEMOCRACY IS NOT A STATE.
IT IS AN ACT.
EACH GENERATION MUST DO ITS
PART TO HELP BUILD WHAT WE CALL
THAT BELOVED COMMUNITY, A
NATION AND WORLD SOCIETY AT
PEACE WITH ITSELF.
>> ORDINARY PEOPLE WITH
EXTRAORDINARY VISION THE REDEEM
BY GETTING IN WHAT I CALL GOOD
TROUBLE, NECESSARY TROUBLE.
>> VOTING IS NECESSARY IN A
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. THE VOTE IS THE MOST POWERFUL
NON-VIOLENT CHANGE AGENT YOU
THE HAVE IN A DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. YOU MUST DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS
NOT GUARANTEED.
NOT GUARANTEED. YOU CAN LOSE IT.
>> YOU MUST ALSO STUDY AND
LEARN THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
BECAUSE HUMANITY HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS STRUGGLE FOR A
VERY LONG
VERY LONG
VERY LONG PEOPLE ON EVERY DON'T CONTINENT
HAVE BEEN IN YOUR SHOES.
>> YOU THE HELP FIND THE
SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES OF
OUR TIME.
OUR TIME.
OUR TIME. CONTINUE TO
CONTINUE TO KNOW ACROSS THE GLOBE.
>> IN MY LIFE I HAVE DONE ALL I
CAN TO DEMONSTRATE THE WAY OF
PEACE.
PEACE.
PEACE. THE WAY OF LOVE AND NON-
VIOLENCE IS THE MORE EXCELLENT
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. >>
WAY. >> NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO LET
FREEDOM REIGN.
FREEDOM REIGN. >> WHEN THE HISTORIANS PICK UP
THEIR PENS TO WRITE THE STORY
OF THE 20th CENTURY, LET THEM
SAY IT WAS YOUR GENERATION WHO
LAID DOWN THE
BURDENS OF HATE.
>> SO I SAY WALK WITH THE WIND,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND LET
THE SPIRIT OF PEACE AND
POWER OF DISWREFER LASTING LOVE
BE YOUR GUIDE.
>> CERTAINLY SOME STIRRING