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rep. lewis reflects on medal of freedom honor

by:Yufengling     2020-04-16
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When Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, asked reporters. John Lewis (D-Ga. )
What it meant to him to get the Medal of Freedom, the congressman paused and replied, \"everything.
\"As the leader of the American civil rights movement, Lewis was awarded the highest civilian honor in the United States at the White House on Tuesday.
\"Received it from President Barack Obama while in Africa --
The first African-American month of history
\"The president of the United States is very moved,\" the congressman said on Thursday . \".
\"It\'s almost unreal, it\'s almost incredible.
\"Google Cloud service disruption missing connadik state mom Virginia Beach shooting protesters interrupting Harris\" we \'ve been walking a bit away and I told young people --
Black, white, Latin American, Asian-American, Native American-
We live in a better world . \"
Washington Unplugged.
\"At the ceremony, Sir.
Obama called Lewis the \"conscience\" of Congress and said Lewis \"knew that change would not work for others or for other times \".
\"Other civil rights leaders who won the Presidential Medal of Freedom include: PriestsDr.
Joseph Lowery, who has long served as director of the National Association of persons of color, and Martin Luther King Jr. , posthumously.
\"When I hear people say, \'Nothing has changed, \'I just say, \'Come on, put on my shoes and I\'ll show you that it\'s a different world, we are a better country. we are a better people. \"
Christine Delargy is a deputy producer of CBSNews. com.
You can read more of her posts here.
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