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AND A VISION FOR CHANGE." >> CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, WHY DID YOU NAME YOUR BOOK "ACROSS THAT BRIDGE"? >> WELL, DURING THE PAST FEW
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YEARS, I'VE BEEN CROSSING BRIDGES, RIVERS.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
MANY BRIDGES. BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING, BUILDING BRIDGES. TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CREATE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. >> WHERE'S...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MANY BRIDGES, BUT IN
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
1965 WHEN I WAS MUCH YOUNGER AND HAD A LITTLE ORGANIZATION CALLED THE STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE WHERE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE, STUDENTS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MAN, EDMOND PETTUS. A
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
GENERAL IN ALABAMA. THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE WAS DEDICATED THE SAME YEAR THAT I WAS BORN, IN 1940. SO I HAVE A KINSHIP TO THIS BRIDGE, AND EVERY YEAR, SOMETIMES...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ORDER TO TRAVEL FROM MONTGOMERY TO SELMA, YOU
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
HAD TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE. YOU HAD TO CROSS THE ALABAMA RIVER. SELMA WAS IN THE HEART OF THE BLIGHT BELT OF ALABAMA. WHERE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE SECOND AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR IN THAT CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL IS A BIRACIAL CITY
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
COUNCIL. THE POLICE CHIEF IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. SELMA IS A DIFFERENT PLACE TODAY. IT IS A BETTER PLACE TODAY. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AFTER YOU...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SUNDAY AFTERNOON I WAS BEATEN AND 47 YEARS LATER I DON'T RECALL HOW I MADE IT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BACK TO THE LITTLE CHURCH THAT WE HAD LEFT FROM, BUT APPARENTLY SOMEONE LITERALLY CARRIED ME BACK TO THE CHURCH. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING DIE. I DO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A FEW WEEKS. I GOT OUT WITHIN TWO DAYS. >> ANY OF THE NAMES AROUND
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
YOU, WOULD THEY BE FAMILIAR TO US IN -- THE PEOPLE YOU MARCHED WITH. >> I
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MARCHED WITH -- LATER, NOT ONLY -- ON THAT DAY BUT LATER DURING THE WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH MARTIN LUTHER
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
KING JR. DR. KING CAME TO THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT US. THE NEXT DAY HE CAME TO VISIT US AND HE SAID TO ME, JOHN, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL MAKE IT FROM SELMA...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
COURT AND GOT AN ORDER AGAINST JIM CLARK, THE SHERIFF OF SELMA AND ELLIS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
COUNTY AND AGAINST GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE AND A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT WE HAD A RIGHT TO MARCH. PRESIDENT JOHNSON CONDEMNED THE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT BUS AND WOULDN'T GET UP THAT SHE HAD EARLIER TRAINING FOR THAT IN TENNESSEE. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT PLACE? >> THERE IS A LITTLE SCHOOL --...
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
EAGLE, TENNESSEE. IT IS BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE AND WAS CALLED -- FOLK SCHOOL. IT WAS STARTED BY A BRAVE, A BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DOWNTOWN MONTGOMERY AND THAT LED TO THE MONTGOMERY BUSBOY COLT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
OF 1955 AND 1956. >> YOU'D HAVE BEEN 15 THEN. >> I WAS 15 YEARS'D AND -- OLD AND I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YESTERDAY. I HEARD IT ON RADIO AND
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
READ IT ABOUT IT IN THE NUMBER. MY GRANDFATHER HAD ONE. WE WERE TOO POOR TO GET IT. I WOULD REELED HIS NUMBER AND I FOLLOWED DRAMA OF THE MONTGOMERY BUSBOY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE FIRST TIME I GOT ARRESTED WAS IN NASHVILLE,
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TENNESSEE. I WAS A STUDENT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AT FISK. I SPENT SIX YEARS IN NASHVILLE. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WAS THE FIRST CITY THAT I LIVED IN. I GREW UP IN RURAL, RURAL ALABAMA AND GOING OFF TO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ATTENDING SCHOOL, CHURCH AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING YOU CAN GO TO NASHVILLE
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AND FROM THERE YOU CAN GO AND VISIT HIDER FOLK SCHOOL. THEY WERE TRAINING PEOPLE, TEACHING PEOPLE AND WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO GO WITH A GROUP OF SCHOOLMATES,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHEN I WAS IN NASHVILLE. HE ATTENDED SOME OF THE
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
FIRST NONVIOLENT WORKSHOPS AND HE LATER BECAME THE CHAIRPERSON ON THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. BUT HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A MINISTER. I STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION LONG
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BEFORE I WENT OFF TO SCHOOL. I HAD THIS DESIRE, THIS BURNING DESIRE -- SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A CALLING. IT'S YOUR CALL TO PREACH. YOU MOVE OUT OF SPIRIT....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WAGON A POLICE WAGON,
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
A VAN, TAKEN TO THE CITY JAIL WITH 88 OTHER STUDENTS. >> WHAT'S THE LONGEST TIME YOU EVER SPENT IN A PRISON? >> THE LONGEST TIME I EVER SPENT IN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MISSISSIPPI. >> PARCHMENT? >> IT WAS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
IN PARAMENT AND NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WANTED
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TO GO THERE. >> TELL US
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
ABOUT PARCHMENT? >> PEOPLE WILL WRITE ABOUT PARCHMENT IN NOVELS, PLAYS, POEMS.
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IT WAS KNOWN AS SORT OF
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
NO-MAN'S LAND. PEOPLE GO THERE AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T RETURN. I REMEMBER SO WELL, AFTER STAYING MANY DAYS IN JAIL IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, THE CITY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IN PARCHMENT WAS BOB FILL MER, A
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
CONGRESSPERSON FROM CALIFORNIA. HE WAS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD. I WAS 21 AT THE TIME. BUT THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE REVEREND JAMES LAWSON. BECAME ONE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
I WOULD STUDY WAS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
HAGO. HAGO TALKED TO BE THESIS -- HE TALKED TO BE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. THAT IN SOCIETY, IF YOU WANT TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE THERE MUST...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HIS SON WHO HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING HIS FATHER TO SEEK OUT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD ABUSED AND ATTACKED DURING THE 1960'S. HE CAME AND SAID MR. LEWIS, I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ATTACKED YOU, THAT BEAT YOU. ...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WILSON BEAT ME, KNOCKED ME DOWN, LEFT ME BLOODY AT THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION IN
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. ABOUT 35 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHAT WAS THE OCCASION? >> WE WERE TRAVELING THROUGH THE SOUTH AS PART...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AND SOME ON A TRAILWAY BUS.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BACK IN 1961 AFTER YOU LEFT WASHINGTON, D.C., BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE COULDN'T BE SEATED TOGETHER ON A BUS. COULDN'T USE THE SAME WAITING ...
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GAVE ME
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TIME TO REFLECT.
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GAVE ME TIME TO
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
CONTEMPLATE. GAVE ME THE SENSE THAT I'M LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVER WATERS AND I SHALL NOT BE REMOVED. IT GAVE ME A GREATER SENSE OF DETERMINATION...
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ABOUT THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
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STILL SELLING? >> MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR "WALKING
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WITH THE WIND" IT IS STILL SELLING. IT IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL. AS A MATTER OF FACT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
IN MANY HIGH SCHOOLS AND SOME COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY IT'S REQUIRED READING. >> WHY DID MR. WILSON COME BACK TO RECONCILE WITH...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA MOVED HOST:. BUT IT'S ALSO THE
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
INFLUENCE OF HIS SON. HIS SON WANTED HIS FATHER TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE FATHER REALLY WANTED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS MAN IS A WONDERFUL,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
1966 AND IT'S PART OF A SPEECH THAT HE GAVE AND I WANT TO ASK YOU TO CONTRAST. LET'S WATCH THIS. >> IF BLACK PEOPLE CONTROLLED ELLIS COUNTY, THEY HAVE...
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THE PROPERTY TAX. WHITE PEOPLE ARE EITHER GOING TO SELL OR PAY THE TAXES AND WE CAN ALL GO ON WELFARE FOR A DECENT SALARY. [APPLAUSE] AND IF YOU HAD BLACK...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
STOKLEY. HE CAME SOUTH DURING THE FALL OR LATE SUMMER OF 19 1 DURING
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THE FREEDOM RIDES AND LATER CAME BACK DURING THE MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT IN 1964. BUT I DON'T THINK STOKLEY EVER UNDERSTOOD THE PHILOSOPHY AND...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE GREW OUT OF THE CITY MOVEMENT. THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BY THE NAME OF ELLA BAKER. SHE WAS NOT THAT YOUNG AT THE TIME. NOW DECEASED. SHE WAS WORKING FOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AS HIS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AND SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AND IT WAS IN THAT MEETING THAT DR. KING THOUGHT THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BECOME THE YOUTH ARM OR THE STUDENT ARM OF HIS ORGANIZATION, BUT SHE INSISTED...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE. >> I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
MORE VIDEO OF STOKLEY CARMICHAEL. YEARS LATER -- I THINK I DID THE LAST INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND HE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DIALED BACK IN 1988, 1999. HIS NAME THEN WAS QUAMMEA TOURI. I ASK HIM ABOUT THINKS CAREER AND ALL THAT. LET'S WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY....
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A PRINCIPLE. BEING AN HONEST MAN, WHICH HE WAS, KING HAD TO USE IT AT ALL TIMES IN THE WRONG CONDITIONS. YOU WILL SEE ME IN NONVIOLENT ACTS. I'VE...
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
ADHERE TO NONVIOLENCE AS A WAY OF LIFE, AS A WAY OF LIVING. HE SAW IT ONLY AS A FACTIC, AS HE SAID, ONLY AS A MEANS TO AN END. BUT THOSE OF US WHO ACCEPTED...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AS THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS? >> YES, I SERVED AS THREE LONG YEARS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATION....
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
HOW BIG WAS THE ORGANIZATION? >> THE ORGANIZATION HAS HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS OF WHAT WE CALL MEMBERS AND AT ONE TIME THERE
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WERE STAFFERS.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
BUT PEOPLE WOULD PAY PENNIES. THEY WERE NOT PEOPLE WITH BIG SALARIES. MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS GOT LIKE MAYBE $10 A WEEK AND YOU GOT MONEY FOR GASOLINE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MARCH OF WASHINGTON. >> HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE TO DO? I KNOW YOU WERE STANDING ON THE STEPS THERE AND YOU WERE HOW WOULD? >> I WAS 23 IN 1963 WHEN
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Lamb, Brian - Host
I BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE FIRST OBLIGATIONS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
I HAD WAS TO ATTEND A MEETING ALONG WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND OTHERS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY. AND IT WAS DURING THAT MEETING THAT WE TOLD PRESIDENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MONEY FOR ABILITY FOR SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH? >> I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. I CANNOT MAKE SENSE OF THAT.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THE SPEECH BELONGS TO THE AGES. AND I GUESS ANY OF US COULD HAVE -- COULD CHARGE FOR SOMEONE READING OR USING A SPEECH BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT'S...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DON'T. I DON'T THINK DR. KING WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
KNOW THAT HIS HEIRS CHARGED FOR USING HIS LIKENESS OR USING HIS SPEECH FOR MONEY AND ADDRESS. >> THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON I BELIEVE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
COMMITTEE. H. RAP BROWN. >> I NEVER GOT REALLY TO KNOW H. RAF BROWN. HE CAME LONG AFTER I WAS NO LONGER
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THERE. I MADE A DECISION WHEN I WAS NO LONGER THE CHAIR OF THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY LAID DOWN THEIR COMMITMENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAN STOKEY -- STOKLEY CAR MICHAEL. >> LYNDON JOHNSON. HE CAN ALWAYS RAISE -- ABOUT LAW AND ORDER BECAUSE HE NEVER TALKS ABOUT
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JUSTICE BUT BLACK PEOPLE FALL FOR THAT SAME ARGUMENT AND THEY GO AROUND TALKING ABOUT LAW BREAKERS. WE DID NOT MAKE THE LAWS CONFINED IN THIS COUNTRY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYING ON WORDS AND VERY EMOTIONAL. >> DID IT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
WORK? >> THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE SNICK THEY KNEW. >> WHAT HAPPENED? >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SOMETHING --
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
SOMETHING WENT WRONG. SNICK CAME
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TO THAT POINT WHERE,
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
IN MY ESTIMATION, IT WAS FORCED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH. WE WERE CONCEIVED IN THIS WHOLE IDEA OF THE BUILDING OF A TRULY INTERRACIAL DEMOCRACY. THERE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AT THE END OF 1967. AT A DINNER PARTY.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AND WE STARTED DATING. >> WHERE WAS THE DINNER PARTY? >> THE DINNER PARTY WAS IN ATLANTA AT A FRIEND OF HERS HOME AND IT
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
ABOUT DR. KING AND THE MOVEMENT AND SHE DEFENDED. SHE WAS A STRONG DEFENDER OF THE MOVEMENT AND I GUESS THAT SORT OF WARMED ME TOWARD HER. AND SHE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE MOVEMENT BUT SOME PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING SOME OF THE TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES AND WHERE WE WERE
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
GOING. THERE WERE PEOPLE BUT SHE WAS A STRONG DEFENDER. SHE GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES. SHE HAD NEVER LIVED IN THE SOUTH. SHE HAD ATTENDED UCLA, U.S.C.,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ATLANTA. HE'S TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN MUSIC
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
AND ALSO IN POLITICS, BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO RUN FOR ANY OFFICE. >> HOW MUCH OF ATLANTA DO YOU REPRESENT? >> IN THE PRESENT DISTRICT, I REPRESENT ALL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ENTIRE CITY. WHERE MOST OF THE COLLEGES
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
LIKE GEORGIA TECH, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MOORE HOUSE, SPELLMA. BROWN, CLARK, ATLANTA UNIVERSITY BUT I ALSO REPRESENT EMERY, C.D.C. MAJOR CORPORATIONS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FINALLY CREATED A POST RACIAL AMERICA, A PLACE WHERE THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE HAUNTED US FOR SO LONG WERE FINALLY SILENCED? NOBODY SAYS THAT ANYMORE....
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
VERY LONG ROAD. BUT WE HAVE NOT YET CREATED THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME WHETHER THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT BRAM WEINSTEIN -- BARACK...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
FEEL ANY PAIN. >> WHAT WAS THE REASON? >> I
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
KNEW PRESIDENT CLINTON. I KNEW HILLARY.
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Lamb, Brian - Host
I'VE KNOWN THEM LONG BEFORE I EVER MET
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. AND THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS OF MINE. THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTERS OF MINE. PRESIDENT CLINTON CAME TO ATLANTA, CELEBRATED MY BIRTHDAY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ADDRESS. IT WAS PROBABLY THE LOWEST POINT OF DECORUM I HAVE WITNESSED IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN THE CONGRESS. >> IT WAS UNREAL. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE....
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
MEMBER OF CONGRESS -- IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR DIFFERENCES AND YOUR FEELINGS, BUT RESPECT THE OFFICE. OF THE PRESIDENT. IF YOU CANNOT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
INVOLVEMENT WITH AN AIDE. EVIDENCE IS COMING TO LIGHT THAT
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BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE LIED TO THE WORLD AND TO DATE LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. WHICH IS MORE WRONG? >> IT IS NOT IN ORDER TO ACCUSE THE...
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INNUENDO. FURTHER, A MEMBER MAY NOT READ INTO THE RECORD THE REMARKS OF OTHERS IF THEY WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER AS SPOKEN BY THE MEMBER. THANK YOU. >>...
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THE TRUTH IS THAT BUSH JUST LIKES TO BLOW THINGS UP. >> MEMBERS ARE REMINDED NOT TO REFER TO THE PRESIDENT IN ANY PERSONAL WAY. >> BOTH SIDES DO I. ...
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IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE ALL CAN COME TOGETHER AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
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CIVIL. BE A LITTLE MORE
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
HUMAN. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IN THIS BOOK. CAN WE JUST? GOING BACK TO MR. WILSON. DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE, THE POWER, THE ABILITY, THE CAPACITY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU HOW EFFECTIVE YOU THINK IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO READ THIS. I ASKED YOU TO REACH DOWN INSIDE YOURSELF AND FIND THE TRUTH YOUR LIFE IS COMPELLING YOU...
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
PEACE. THE WAY OF LOVE, NONVIOLENCE, CAN CHANGE OTHERS. A COMMUNITY, THE NATION, THE WORLD. WE USED TO SING A LITTLE SONG DURING THE MOVEMENT "THIS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE'S WHITE, REPRESENTS PART OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
I'VE HEARD HIM
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TELL WONDERFUL STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP.
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
THE ROAD THAT -- ROLE THAT HIS FATHER PLAYED. WE TRAVELED TOGETHER. EACH YEAR WHEN IT I WOULD TAKE BLACK AND WHITE MEMBERS, LIBERALS AND QUERLTIVES BACK...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
JOHN LEWIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE INTERVIEWED BY YOU. THANK YOU. [CAPTIONS
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Lewis, John - U.S. Representative, [D] Georgia
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