The Legacy of John Lewis

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On the Gist, Rep. John Lewis and his legacy. In the interview, Mike checks in with Oregon Public Broadcasting's Jonathan Levinson. As a multimedia reporter and producer, Levinson has been on the ground nightly in Portland following the protests, getting tear gassed in the process. Levinson says that it's more than just support for the BLM movement, its boiling frustration around governmental systemic failure. In the spiel, because of John Lewis, we have Barack Obama. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you follow me on Twitter at P-E-S-C-A-M-I,
0:04.5	why not follow the gist at Slate Gist?
0:07.9	BAM!
0:08.9	BAM!
0:10.9	It's Thursday, July 30th, 2020, from Slate,
0:14.2	it's the Gist I, Mike Pesca.
0:16.3	President Barack Obama, three other presidents,
0:18.8	don't know the current one,
0:19.9	you'll judge John Lewis in Atlanta today,
0:22.2	Obama brought the crowd to its feet
0:24.6	by not just remembering the bravery of Lewis,
0:27.2	but underlining what the issues were
0:30.0	that he was being brave about.
0:32.1	Lewis is nearly universally praised in America today,
0:35.9	though not by the current president,
0:37.8	but why has he praised?
0:39.2	For what?
0:39.7	Well, for civil rights, for employment rights
0:42.2	and housing rights and voting rights, voting rights.
0:47.2	And so many, many members of Congress,
0:49.6	who praised John Lewis and mourned his passing,
0:52.4	are active opponents of voting rights.
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