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On Being · July 4, 2024 · 50m
John Lewis — Across That Bridge (re-release)
Classic re-release. Congressman John Lewis on nonviolent resistance, the 'Beloved Community,' and what sustained him through decades of civil rights work. Lewis's life as evidence that courage and love are not opposites.
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Lewis: courage builds across a lifetime. The young man who was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge became the congressman who continued making 'good trouble' for 60 years. Each act of courage made the next one more natural.
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Lewis: nonviolent resistance REQUIRES the most generous interpretation of your opponent. You must see the humanity in the person beating you. This isn't naivety — it's strategic: dehumanizing your opponent makes you into what you're fighting.
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