John Lewis’s office on Capitol Hill resembled a civil rights museum, with monochrome photos in neat white borders and black frames and a TV for visitors to watch a documentary. Prominent in the room was both a campaign poster and bust of Robert Kennedy, one of Lewis’s closest friends and allies.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
America, you had Kennedy, King, Lewis, Rosa Parks, hell, even Obama and McCain. And now there’s Hannity, Cruz, McConnell and Drumpf. That what you call progress?
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