EPISODE 46.2 (REMEMBERING CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS)

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Comedy

5 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

You should know who Congressman John Lewis is. Your kids should know who Congressman John Lewis is. Your grand-kids should know who Congressman John Lewis is. If you don't, listen up. If you know someone who doesn't, send them this episode.

All of the awards he won so you can understand who just passed away: the highest civilian honor granted by President Barack Obama, the Medal of Freedom, the Lincoln Medal from the historic Ford’s Theatre, the Golden Plate Award given by the Academy of Excellence, the Preservation Hero award given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Capital Award of the National Council of La Raza, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize, the President’s Medal of Georgetown University, the NAACP Spingarn Medal, the National Education Association Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award, and the only John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage Award" for Lifetime Achievement ever granted by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

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1:05.3	So last week we lost a legend.
1:09.2	Last week we lost a pivotal man in regards to our culture and whether it be societal,
1:15.9	whether it be anything in regards to liberation, in regards to change, laws being passed,
1:23.7	the man that was there, he's not like someone who's the son of someone who was there.
1:30.9	He's not someone that took on the reins of someone older that was there.
1:35.5	He's the nigger that was there with Dr. King.
1:38.8	I'm talking about Congressman John Lewis, right?
1:42.6	And as opposed to me just filibustering and telling you all these things that I know about him and
1:52.0	just essentially just tarnishing his legacy with not being prepared.
1:56.0	I found a biography of him and I don't care how boring you think this biography is.
2:04.9	At the point that he died, he was representing Georgia's 5th District.
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