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There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world.

~John Lewis

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I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings.

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Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.

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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.

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I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.

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Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

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I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.

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Many young people, many children, are being abused, being put down, being bullied because of their sexual orientation.

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Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.

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We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 21st, 1940

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