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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Lawson is one of the greatest orators of our times, when his voice raises up, it rings down
a righteous anger and clarion call for justice. Magnificent speaker and human.
(John Lewis service, btw)
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I kept hearing Howard Thurman and James Forbes. A great orator, indeed.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,317 posts)If you get a chance, you have to watch James Lawsons eulogy of Mr Lewis. It was eulogy, spiritual awakening, history lesson and call to service all wrapped into one.
I have been very lucky in my life to have been in Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma Alabama with Mr Lewis, not when he was taking his life in his hands but years later to hear him and some of those who were with him tell of the struggles and the joy that the movement brought.
Mr Lawson spoke on a couple of those trips, once in the 16 st Baptist Church on hallowed ground where 4 babies were murdered for the cause. He always amazed me and today he set the bar even higher. I am left humbled and speechless.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)What white supremacist violence has stolen from us.
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)And it truly made me think and see, no through the lens of history, but through the eyes of one who was there...it was incredible