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Congressman John Lewis on the Civil Rights Movement

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Forty years ago Congressman John Lewis could never have imagined that he could become a member of the House of Representatives.  He speaks of the lessons of the civil rights movement: how Americans must come together "to create one house, one family" because "history teaches us we are all in the same boat."
Video length: 
1 min 54 sec
Date filmed: 
May 6 2001
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