Civil rights icon John Lewis is ‘deeply moved’ by today’s demonstrations

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🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Rep. John Lewis doesn't want today's fighters to give up. "You must be able and prepared to give until you cannot give any more," he says. "We must use our time and our space on this little planet that we call Earth to make a lasting contribution."

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Cape Heart and this is Cape Up.
0:05.0	Congressman John Lewis of Georgia has been in Congress for more than 30 years,
0:10.0	but before that he was a leader in the civil rights movement.
0:13.0	From the sit-ins in Nashville to the freedom rides to the marches from Selma to Montgomery,
0:18.0	Lewis literally put his body on the line to push this nation to live up to its ideals.
0:25.0	It's all documented in John Lewis, Good Trouble.
0:28.0	The new documentary on Lewis's life from back in the day to present day.
0:33.0	The parallels between then and now are haunting.
0:37.0	I talked to Lewis about the film and about what's going on in the country today,
0:41.0	from the demonstrations.
0:42.0	I've been deeply moved and
0:46.0	inspired to the deafening silence of congressional Republicans. It's
0:51.7	it's frightening that people can be so solid, so quiet, in spite of everything that is taking
1:02.2	place.
1:03.0	To whom Joe Biden should pick for his running mate.
1:06.0	Vice President Biden should consider a woman,
1:11.0	and it should be a black woman.
1:14.0	Sit down with a legend, the great John Lewis, right now.
1:19.0	Congressman John Lewis, welcome back to the podcast.
1:23.8	It's good to be back.
1:25.4	Good to be back.
1:26.3	Thank you for having me.
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