The Forgotten Heroes
It's not about Bernie Sanders. John Lewis's statement denigrates the unknown heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.
Representative Lewis,
On Thursday, you stated the following about Bernie Sanders’s record on fighting for civil rights in the 1960s:
I never saw him. I never met him. I was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed (the) voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President (Bill) Clinton.
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