In US news and current events today, this historic John Lewis speech at the 1963 March on Washington cemented his status in the Civil Rights Movement. The John Lewis March on Washing Speech 1963 is among the most famous speeches of the Civil Rights Movement, and in the advent of today's global Black Lives Matter movement, the words of this Congressman John Lewis speech have never been more relevant…
Dolores Huerta gives message of hope to Justice seekers on August 12. 2017 after the murder of Heather Heyer by a white supremacist in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ms. Huerta, the 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom Awardee, recalling the words of Nobel Laureate for Literature Pablo Neruda:: "[The members of hate groups]: can cut the flowers but they cant't stop the Spring…"
FREEDOM IS NOT ENOUGH But freedom is not enough. You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.
You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair…
Over fifty years ago, courageous men and women stepped forward to challenge the status quo and change an unjust society. On April 4, 2018, two warriors of the movement, John Lewis and James Lawson, answer the question “Where do we go from here?” while sharing their experiences in the fight for civil rights, and their hopes for the future during the MLK50 commemoration of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis…