‘Get in the Way’: The way of civil rights hero John Lewis
NEW YORK — John Lewis speaks with passion, resolve and dignity.
He says things like, “Hate is too heavy a burden to bear” and “Nonviolence is love in action” — not what you expect, or necessarily buy, coming from a U.S. congressman, which Lewis has been for three decades.
But Lewis’ life is a mighty testament to the truth of what he says, and to his policy of saying what he means.
No wonder Lewis was widely heeded when, during an interview a week before the inauguration, he stated that he did not view Donald Trump as a “legitimate president.”