We Have Come A Long Way In

When I Was 15 Years Old In The Tenth Grade, I Heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three Years Later, When I Was 18, I Met Dr. King And We Became Friends. Two Years After That I Became Very Involved In The Civil Rights Movement. I Was In College At The Time. As I Got More And More Involved, I Saw Politics As A Means Of Bringing About Change

When I Speak To Students About The Civil Rights Movement, I Say That It Is Impossible To Stop A Determined Movement That Is Captivating The American Consciousness. I Think The Candidacy Of Sen. Obama Represents The Beginning Of A New Movement In American Political History That Began In The Hearts And Minds Of The People Of This Nation. And I Want To Be On The Side Of The People, On The Side Of The Spirit Of History.

That Issue Has Been Resolved For Years Now, And It's Been Resolved For At Least Two Years In Donald Trump's Mind. And To Bring That Up As Justification For John Lewis Questioning The Legitimacy Of A Democratic Activity That Is - Has Been Around Since The Beginning Of Our Country Is Wrong.

To Question The Legitimacy Of The Next United States President, You Know, And You're Worried About A Tweet That Says, Hey, Why Don't You Get Back To Work Instead Of Questioning My Legitimacy? Too Bad.

No One Can Say That This Was The Decisive And [russians Hacking ] Was What Elected [donald] Trump, But Clearly His Behavior During The Campaign In Terms Of What He Said In The Week Or Two Before The Election Was Unacceptable.