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After Rep. John Lewis, We Are Still In Search Of That “Beloved Community”
After Rep. John Lewis, We Are Still In Search Of That “Beloved Community”

(OPINION) "John Lewis practiced the politics not of what we call bipartisan, John Lewis practiced the politics of We the People. The politics of the preamble of the constitution of the United States, ” Lawson said during his 21-minute message at the funeral where he added that while many books have been written about the Civil Rights period, most people get it ”wrong,” when it comes to telling the story of John Lewis.

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Rev. C.T. Vivian Remembered As Fearless Civil Rights Veteran, Loving Family Man
Rev. C.T. Vivian Remembered As Fearless Civil Rights Veteran, Loving Family Man

The voice and legacy of Rev. C.T. Vivian was memorialized at the Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta July 23 during a funeral that captured the faith and spirit of one of the most courageous veterans of the Civil Rights movement. Watch the full recording here.

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