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UCmeNdc

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Fri Nov 4, 2016, 05:08 AM Nov 2016

Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Hero, Offers A Powerful Reminder About What’s At Stake On Tuesday

“Generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of John Lewis will come to mind,” President Barack Obama said at the time. “An American who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time; whose life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now.”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-lewis-vote_us_581c16fee4b0aac624837f54

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Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Hero, Offers A Powerful Reminder About What’s At Stake On Tuesday (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2016 OP
That's MY Representative! TrishaJ Nov 2016 #1

TrishaJ

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1. That's MY Representative!
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:43 AM
Nov 2016

I met him at a shopping center one time and he is a gracious and humble person. Voted to re-elect him with great pride!

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