Rep. John Lewis released from Parchman, 56 years ago today:

[Leghorn21]

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John Lewis @repjohnlewis

56 years ago today I was released from Parchman Penitentiary after being arrested in Jackson, MS for using a "white" restroom.

[riversedge]

1. All my love to you John.

[gademocrat7]

2. I stand with Congressman John Lewis!

[rogue emissary]

3. True American Hero.

Also, I've always loved that smirk.

[brer cat]

4. One of the few in Congress

who actually walked the walk. Talk is cheap; he put his life on the line.

[ailsagirl]

5. I love that man!

What a hero

[BumRushDaShow]

6. K&R

and thank you Mr. Lewis for helping to get rid of that kind of bullshit meted out to AAs in this country.

Now the same is needed for trans folks.

[PatrickforO]

7. Never again. Never forget.

Resist this current racist administration with all our heart, might, mind and soul.

[trof]

8. Well, if ya gonna pee in the white man's toilet they's consequences.

Y'all knew that, and ya went right on and did it in flagrant violation of the law.
Boy, you goin' to Parchman farm.
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Oh yeah.
I grew up in Birmingham in the bad ol' 40s, 50s, and 60s.
White and Colored water fountains, metro bus sections, schools, rest rooms (if there WAS a Colored one), railroad and bus waiting rooms.
meh

[panader0]

10. Ah, you beat me to it.

Here's the first version I heard:

[trof]

11. Ain't never done no man no harm.

[George II]

9. An American hero.

[Honeycombe8]

12. He definitely has cred. nt