Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Leaves Behind Final Message in Posthumous Op-Ed
“While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me”
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Jul 30, 2020
Civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis, who passed away on July 17 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, left behind an essay that was written shortly before his death, to be published on the day of his funeral. The message is “gone but not forgotten” personified. One last plea to, as Lewis puts it, “redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.” “Though I am gone, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe,” Lewis wrote.
