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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 09:00 AM Jun 2018

John Lewis has a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during 1960s

John Lewis seems to have a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during the 1960s.


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I was beaten, left bloody & unconscious while friends of mine gave their lives to ensure that every person has the right to register & vote. But five years ago the SCOTUS Shelby County v Holder decision stuck a dagger in the heart of the Voting Rights Act. We must #RestoreTheVRA






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John Lewis has a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during 1960s (Original Post) kpete Jun 2018 OP
Maybe we should ask Andrew Goodman, Michael "Mickey" Schwerner and James Chaney about Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #1
K & R X1000! Tanuki Jun 2018 #2
K&R ck4829 Jun 2018 #3

Arkansas Granny

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1. Maybe we should ask Andrew Goodman, Michael "Mickey" Schwerner and James Chaney about
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 09:08 AM
Jun 2018

all that civility during the civil rights movement of the 1960's.

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