#freedomrider

[democracyunderground]

A “FREEDOM RIDER” 

Who Went To My High School 

WITHROW In Cincinnati, Ohio 

Passed Yesterday. Rest In Power

[saddayfordemocracy]

John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020)

After years of putting his body and his freedom on the line as an activist, he spent more than three decades in Congress.

John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, died Friday. He was 80.

As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis was a committed participant in some of the key moments of the movement — an original Freedom Rider in 1961, a principal speaker at the March on Washington in 1963, one of those brutally clubbed during a 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. Through it all, he faced taunts, beatings and dozens of arrests.

By his middle years, he was in Congress and sometimes referred to it as its “conscience.”

Lewis died on the same day as civil rights leader the Rev. Cordy Tindell "C.T." Vivian, who was 95.

Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2009. Jeff Hutchens—Getty Images.

[blackvotersmatterfund]

MISSISSIPPI KICK OFF FOR JUNETEENTH! JUNE 19TH, 2021 FREEDOM RIDE!

We had a great time in Mississippi! Thank you to the community for coming out! A great day of voter education, passing out literature, FREE food and BVM gear, music and more! It's all about love and power! An amazing start to Juneteenth!

Stay updated on the work in Mississippi! Text "MISSISSIPPI" to 797979! Next Stop? ALABAMA!

[felixip]

The Hong Kong Freedom Rangers #香港人加油 #香港特撮 #FreedomRider #FreedomRanger #HKRanger #HKHero #HongKonger https://www.instagram.com/p/B3OCNEUjiiO/?igshid=1ckzglxy10wj5

[leofant]

Tattoo für die Seele: Ride hard, bleed ink, stay free. Trage deinen Freedom Skull wie eine zweite Haut und zeig, was Freiheit wirklich bedeutet. 💀

HighwayPlace Dein Style, dein Abenteuer!

Bei HighwayPlace findest du Designs, die mehr sind als nur Mode. Sie sind eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, als Freiheit und Abenteuer die St

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RIP Rep. John Lewis (Georgia) #FreedomRider #CivilRightsIcon #USEightNow (at New York metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyR_o2B5bk/?igshid=f21rawvamnhx

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The spirit of Our Freedom Rider will forever live on. #Wecarrythetorch #Rip #King #JohnLewis 👑🕊 #FreedomRider #Hero 🙏🏿 (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCxmpLwAtJJ/?igshid=19qfaxkd9utrm

[uvmagazine]

John Lewis,civil rights icon and U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th Congressional district, has died. Lewis had been suffering from Stage IV pancreatic cancer since December. He was 80. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Lewis served in Congress for more than three decades, pushing the causes he championed as an original Freedom Rider challenging segregation, discrimination and injustice in the Deep South. He was an organizer of the March on Washington in 1963 along with Martin Luther King Jr., a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights movement that led to the passage of voting rights for Blacks two years later. Lewis was a best selling author and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. He served as a congressman for 17 terms. #repjohnlewis #johnlewis #jobwelldone #freedomrider #freedomfighter #rip #unheardvoicesmag #civilrights #civilrightsactivist #civilrightsicon #bloodysunday #marchonwashington #restinpeace #civilrightsmovement https://www.instagram.com/p/CCxRsKPlz3M/?igshid=jcw1e01wruzq