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MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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FOR MAKING TIME FOR US.

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>> THANK YOU, BRIAN.

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>> WE ASKED FOR THE ATTENTION OF

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OUR AUDIENCE AT THIS MOMENT FOR

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TERRIBLE NEWS JUST IN TO US AND

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JUST CONFIRMED BY US.

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THE DEATH OF LEGENDARY GEORGIA

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DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AND CIVIL

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RIGHTS ICON JOHN LEWIS.

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WE HAVE A LOOK BACK AT HIS

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EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND TIMES

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FROM NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT

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GEOFF BENNETT.

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>> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN JOANHN

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LUPIS WAS OFTEN CALLED THE

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CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS, KNOWN AS

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A MORLT LEADER WHO COMMANDED

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RESPECT FROM DEMOCRATS AND

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REPUBLICANS, SEEN AS ONE OF THE

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LAST UNIFYING FORCES IN NATIONAL

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POLITICS.

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LEWIS WAS ONE OF TEN CHILDREN

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BORN TO SHARECROPPERS IN RURAL

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ALABAMA IN 1940.

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HE GREW UP ON HIS FAMILY’S FARM

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AND ATTENDED SEGREGATED PUBLIC

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SCHOOLS.

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LEWIS SAID HE WAS INSPIRED AS A

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YOUNG BOY BY THE ACTIVISM

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SURROUNDING THE MONTGOMERY BUS

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BOYCOTT AND SERMONS BY THE

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REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

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JR. WHICH HE HEARD ON THE RADIO.

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>> IF THE SPIRIT MOVES US TO, WE

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HAVE A RIGHT TO MARCH AT NIGHT

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ANYTIME WE WANT TO MARCH.

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[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> Reporter: ALL OF IT SPURRING

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HIM TO BECOME PART OF THE CIVIL

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RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

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ORGANIZING SIT-IN DEMONSTRATIONS

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AT SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTERS IN

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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IN 1961, JOINING IN THE FREEDOM

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RIDES, WHICH CHALLENGED

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SEGREGATION AT INTERSTATE BUS

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TERMINALS ACROSS THE SOUTH.

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>> I WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT

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MAKING HISTORY.

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I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE THINGS.

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>> Reporter: WHILE STILL IN HIS

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20s, JOHN LEWIS BECAME A

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NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER.

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>> I GREW IN THE MOVEMENT TO

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ACCEPT THE WAY OF LOVE, THE WAY

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OF PEACE, THE WAY OF

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NON-VIOLENCE, THE WAY OF

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FORGIVENESS.

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>> Reporter: BY 1963, HE WAS

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DUBBED ONE OF THE BIG SIX

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LEADERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS

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MOVEMENT.

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AT THE AGE OF 23, HE WAS AN

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ARCHITECT OF AND A KEYNOTE

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SPEAKER AT THE HISTORIC MARCH ON

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WASHINGTON.

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>> I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.

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>> Reporter: BUT IT WAS IN 1965

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WHEN LEWIS HELPED SPEARHEAD ONE

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OF THE MOST SEMINAL MOMENTS OF

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS  600 PEACEFUL

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PROTESTERS AGAINST THE EDMOND

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PET ISZ BRIDGE IN SELMA,

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ALABAMA, MARCHING IN SUPPORT OF

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VOTING RIGHTS.

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THE GROUP BRUTALLY BEATEN BY

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ALABAMA STATE TROOPERS IN WHAT

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BECAME KNOWN AS BLOODY SUNDAY.

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>> I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

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50 YEARS LATER, I DON’T RECALL

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HOW I MADE IT BACK ACROSS THAT

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BRIDGE TO THE LITTLE CHURCH THAT

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WE HAD LEFT FROM.

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>> Reporter: NEWS BROADCASTS AND

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CRUELTY

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HELPING TO HASTEN THE PASSAGE OF

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THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.

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>> WE WERE TAUGHT NEVER TO

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BECOME BITTER, NEVER TO HATE.

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>> Reporter: JOHN LEWIS’

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ACTIVISM CONTINUED IN CONGRESS.

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>> WE HAVE LAWS, HUNDREDS AND

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THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE TO

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GUN VIOLENCE.

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>> Reporter: IN 2016, AFTER A

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MASS SHOOTING AT AN ORLANDO

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NIGHTCLUB KILLED 49 PEOPLE,

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LEWIS LED A HOUSE SIT-IN TRYING

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TO FORCE A VOTE ON GUN

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LEGISLATION.

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JOHN LEWIS OFTEN SPOKE OF THE

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GOOD TROUBLE HE CAUSED IN THE

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1960s AND IN THE POLITICAL

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FIGHTS SINCE, INVOKING THE MORAL

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COURAGE THAT FUELED HIS LIFELONG

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FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

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>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT

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IS NOT RIGHT, NOT JUST, NOT

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FAIR, YOU HAVE A MORAL

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OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING, TO

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DO SOMETHING.

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>> Reporter: GEOFF BENNETT, NBC

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NEWS, WASHINGTON.

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>> IT WAS INDEED A GUT PUNCH

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WHEN WE LEARNED HIS DIAGNOSIS OF

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PANCREATIC CANCER JUST A MATTER

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OF MONTHS AGO.

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BUT HE FACED IT WITH THE SAME

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COURAGE AND FORTITUDE HE NEEDED

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TO GET THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS

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STRUGGLE.

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IT IS INDEED HARD TO BELIEVE WE

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STILL HAVE BLACK-AND-WHITE STILL

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PHOTOS, BLACK-AND-WHITE NEWS

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REELS OF THE BLOWS HE SUFFERED

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TO THE HEAD.

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HE CAME WITHIN AN INCH OF LOSING

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HIS LIFE THAT DAY.

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I SUPPOSE THEY CAN’T WASTE ANY

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TIME FOR WHAT COULD BE AMONG THE

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MOST FITTING TRIBUTES, AND THAT

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WOULD BE THE QUICK RENAMING OF