January 17, 2006
John Lewis ::
narrative — tagged civil rights, narrative, politics and social conscience
10:40 pm
As a part of this year’s Martin Luther King Day celebration, my law school hosted an event with Congressman John Lewis (here’s a reasonable press release on my school’s site). His presentation was pretty excellent—combining a personal narrative about growing up poor in rural Alabama with his experiences in the civil rights movement in Selma and his current work as a Congressman. Throughout the speech was the constant theme of constant struggle—working for a just and fair society is not something that can be completed in a day or in a week, but rather is something we must commit our entire lives to.
I left feeling I was ready to do more work.
