Editor’s note: We include this speech by Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia — which he delivered on Aug. 26, 2011 — in memory of his passing last week. Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders and a civil rights leader from the early 1960s, along with Martin Luther King, received the Presidential Medal of Honor under President Barack Obama. This speech was given on the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. The accompanying photo of Rep. Lewis was provided by Sen. Patrick Leahy and taken … (read more)
