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Good Trouble
Author: Raine    Date: 07/20/2020 13:09:30

Friday night, a hero was called home.

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Most people I know of the congressman, but he was a radical in his younger year. Radical, dangerous to the status quo, and still, he believed in love. He lived what he advocated.

Everything that we’ve accomplished in the last 50 years is [at stake]. The right to vote. The right to participate in the Democratic process is at stake,” he told me. “We have to go out and do what we can to save our democracy. To save ourselves…We’re all in the same house. We’re one America, we’re one people. We must learn to live on this planet together as brothers and sisters.”

These are Rep. Lewis’ marching orders. To fight with everything we’ve got for the right to vote, and to treat every person as a part of our home — because they are. He lived what he advocated.

Rep. Lewis’ life-long insistence to keep marching — no matter the obstacles — is what makes him not just my hero, but an American hero. Just like CT Vivian, another civil rights icon who passed away on the same day as Rep. Lewis. That persistence is what I’ll remember when I think about giving up. It’s what we all must remember when we consider giving up. The fight for justice is never easy. Rep. Lewis knew that better than most. It certainly doesn’t feel easy right now. But if the congressman us anything, it’s that we can never stop marching for what’s right.

In just over 100 days, we face the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Rep. Lewis’ legacy teaches us that we must never think “I’ve done enough.” Instead we must ask ourselves, “What more can I do?”

He spent his life asking what more he could do. And then he did it. And that’s what we all must do as we approach the presidential election this November. Because this November, we’re not just battling it out over who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. We’re fighting for the soul of our nation. This presidential election is a referendum on who we are as a country.

In 2018, just ahead of a historic midterm election that was already teeming with voter suppression, I had the opportunity to interview Rep. Lewis. I asked him one simple question: What’s at stake this election? His words have stayed with me ever since:

“Everything that we’ve accomplished in the last 50 years is [at stake]. The right to vote. The right to participate in the Democratic process is at stake,” he told me. “We have to go out and do what we can to save our democracy. To save ourselves…We’re all in the same house. We’re one America, we’re one people. We must learn to live on this planet together as brothers and sisters.”

These are Rep. Lewis’ marching orders. To fight with everything we’ve got for the right to vote, and to treat every person as a part of our home — because they are.


Rest in power, Sir. Your work here is done.

and
Raine


 

 
 
 

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