The "good trouble" made by John Lewis and the civil rights movement was extremely unpopular in its time.https://t.co/2DbLVE9mGn pic.twitter.com/VSRokKdqJL— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) July 18, 2020
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Folks have convinced themselves they would’ve been in support of things like the Freedom Rides and the sit-in movement but that is disproven by their discomfort with the young people who are protesting TODAY in 2020. 1/— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) July 18, 2020
Chicago police punched a young Black woman protester in the face last night and knocked her teeth out. I don’t want to retweet the image. I just want folks to be aware this was happening while politicians were posting their statements about John Lewis in Selma in 1965.— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) July 18, 2020
Pay your respects. Vote. pic.twitter.com/Qha2WwqGJM— Allison Glock (@AllisonGlock) July 18, 2020
During his acceptance speech at the National Book Awards, John Lewis talked about how segregation prevented him from getting a library card as a kid. Friends, I cried so hard @IsaacFitzgerald had to hold me. Sending love to everyone who loved him.— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) July 18, 2020
A reminder that John Lewis, a giant of the civil rights movement, was beaten within an inch of his life on what is still known as the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Pettus was a grand dragon in the KKK. It should be the John Lewis Bridge. Rename the damn bridge.— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) July 18, 2020
There’s a bridge needs a new name pic.twitter.com/RjwrzAAZrA— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 18, 2020
Friends, I'm all for changing the name of Pettis Bridge, but if you want to truly honor the legacy of John Lewis, the Senate needs to pass the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights was the cause of his life. And McConnell has buried it in the Senate.— Neera -Wear a Mask -Tanden (@neeratanden) July 18, 2020
The John Lewis Voting Rights Restoration Act would be a living tribute to the man who almost died to secure the right to vote, and did not live to see it restored. “We have to change that. We must change it and we will.” John Lewis— Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) July 18, 2020
Don’t cry. Vote. https://t.co/9f9UVWBdhx— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) July 18, 2020
My favorite thing about John Lewis is that at ComicCon, he cosplayed as his younger self, wearing the same coat and backpack he wore at the March on Selma and led kids in a little march around the convention. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/6T2sgRZehz— Bridget Todd 💁🏿 (@BridgetMarie) July 18, 2020
