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"𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."- Congressman John Lewis
❃𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟬 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲—John Lewis never backed down from the fight for civil rights, voting rights, and fair housing. His entire life was about getting into "good trouble, necessary trouble."
✦At just 23 years old, he stepped onto one of the biggest stages in history—the 1963 March on Washington—representing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC):
✧He spoke before Dr. King’s "I Have a Dream" speech, warning the nation that "𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸!" His words were passionate, urgent, and set the tone for the next phase of the movement.
✧His young age didn’t stop him from delivering one of the day’s most powerful and fiery speeches, cementing him as a national leader in the fight for justice.
❃The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was a landmark victory for housing equality. Already a key civil rights leader, Lewis kept fighting against discrimination in homeownership and lending.
"𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦."- John Lewis
⬥Congressman for 33 years (1987-2020), John Lewis carried his activism into Washington, championing:
⬦Affordable housing initiatives.
⬦Stronger enforcement of anti-redlining laws.
⬦Expanding access to fair housing programs to protect homebuyers from discrimination.
⬥In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded John Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
⬦A powerful full-circle moment—once beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge for justice, now honored at the White House by America’s first Black president, a leader his movement helped shape.
⬦ Lewis stated that day: "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵."
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