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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFive things John Lewis taught us about getting in "good trouble"
From Rashawn Ray of the Brookings Institution:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2020/07/23/five-things-john-lewis-taught-us-about-getting-in-good-trouble/
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 bridge. Lewis and others like Amelia Boynton Robinson were beaten so badly they were hospitalized.
The context behind the march is significant. The 600-person civil rights march was actually about police brutality. Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old church deacon, was killed by James Bonard Fowler, a state trooper in Alabama. This march also occurred a year and a half after the infamous March on Washington highlighting that little had changed in the lives of Black people in America. Bloody Sunday was highlighted in Ava Duvernays Oscar-nominated best picture film Selma. Musicians John Legend and Common won an Oscar for the song Glory.
Bloody Sunday is often noted as a pinnacle of Lewis life. This defining moment encapsulates five things he taught us about getting in good trouble.
Vote, always
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The context behind the march is significant. The 600-person civil rights march was actually about police brutality. Jimmie Lee Jackson, a 26-year-old church deacon, was killed by James Bonard Fowler, a state trooper in Alabama. This march also occurred a year and a half after the infamous March on Washington highlighting that little had changed in the lives of Black people in America. Bloody Sunday was highlighted in Ava Duvernays Oscar-nominated best picture film Selma. Musicians John Legend and Common won an Oscar for the song Glory.
Bloody Sunday is often noted as a pinnacle of Lewis life. This defining moment encapsulates five things he taught us about getting in good trouble.
Vote, always
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Five things John Lewis taught us about getting in "good trouble" (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jul 2020
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crickets
(25,990 posts)1. K&R for visibility.
highplainsdem
(49,121 posts)3. Thanks!
Cha
(298,020 posts)2. Mahalo, John Lewis!
highplainsdem
(49,121 posts)4. We owe him so much.
Cha
(298,020 posts)5. Yes We Do!
niyad
(113,860 posts)6. KNR and bokmarking.