In an excerpt from the new installment of the graphic-novel memoir of the late John Lewis, he grapples with a changing civil rights movement
John Lewis
Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's Fifth Congressional District
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When Elijah Cummings spoke, members listened,' writes Rep. John Lewis. 'They wanted to hear his words.'
Rep. John Lewis explains how Martin Luther King Jr. taught him the importance of creating necessary trouble and remaining hopeful.
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