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Rep. John Lewis Talks Voting Rights With Boston Public Schools Students
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Veteran civil rights leader and Georgia Rep. John Lewis was in town Monday to speak at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.
"It doesn't matter whether we are African-American, white, Latin American or Native America," said Rep. Lewis. "It doesn't matter whether we are straight or gay. We are one people, we are one family. We are one house. And, as Dr. Martin Luther King said on one occasion, we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, or we will perish as fools."
Before he became an outspoken member of Congress, the courageous and dedicated civil rights leader, John Lewis, met the late Sen. Edward Kennedy in the 1960s. They teamed up on a renewal of the Voting Rights Act, which is what Rep. Lewis was talking about to a group of 100 Boston Public Schools students.
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Rep. John Lewis, congressman representing Georgia's 5th district. He tweets @repjohnlewis.
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This segment aired on July 21, 2015.