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Worth mentioning about another civil rights leader whom we had lost few months ago - Elijah Cummings. Edit - I was waiting for Obama's statement, and here it's - https://medium.com/@BarackObama/my-statement-on-the-passing-...
Our country is full of hypocrisy, but every so often citizens like John Lewis call us out on it and push us a little closer toward our ideals.
He was 80 when he died and not all that young when he took a stand. We are closer to barbarity in time and in fact than we are comfortable acknowledging. Vale.
To your point, what we think of as "history" wasn't that long ago.
I didn't align with the man politically, but I admire how much of his life he spent working to improve this country for others. A life well lived.
We need more of this -- finding agreement despite differences.
Worth mentioning about another civil rights leader whom we had lost few months ago - Elijah Cummings. Edit - I was waiting for Obama's statement, and here it's - https://medium.com/@BarackObama/my-statement-on-the-passing-...
The actual reason is much more complex than the simple rule of thumb, but if you're interested in a thorough explanation: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/2547
I didn't align with the man politically, but I admire how much of his life he spent working to improve this country for others. A life well lived.
I'm going to guess that you wouldn't align with me politically either, but I'm heartened by your good will. We need more of this -- finding agreement despite differences.
Worth mentioning about another civil rights leader whom we had lost few months ago - Elijah Cummings. Edit - I was waiting for Obama's statement, and here it's - https://medium.com/@BarackObama/my-statement-on-the-passing-...
FYI just in case you're not a native English speaker, you generally can't end a sentence with the contraction "it's." The actual reason is much more complex than the simple rule of thumb, but if you're interested in a thorough explanation: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/2547