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Jul 18, 2020 · Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
- Joshua Bote
- News NOW Reporter
1. "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." — Lewis speaking atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 1, 2020. 2. "Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society.
Jul 17, 2021 · “Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
- chase.dibenedetto@mashable.com
- Social Good Reporter
- Vote, always. “Your vote matters. If it didn’t, why would some people keep trying to take it away? # goodtrouble” Lewis sent this tweet on July 3, 2018. It highlights his life’s work—equitable voting.
- Never too young to make a difference. As a founder and leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was the youngest person to speak at the March on Washington.
- Speak truth to power. “Speak up, speak out, get in the way,” said Lewis. He taught us the importance of speaking up and speaking out. We have to be willing to speak up about injustice, always, no matter the costs.
- Become a racial equity broker. Lewis is the personification of transitioning from a political activist to a politician. I frame it as transitioning from a racial equity advocate to a racial equity broker.
Oct 4, 2023 · “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” — John Lewis. “I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.” — John Lewis, in a speech in Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement.
Jul 18, 2020 · The Associated Press. In a long life of activism, Rep. John Lewis never shied away from speaking out. A few quotations: “As I was growing up in rural Alabama, I saw all around me the system...
Jul 19, 2020 · “She inspired us to find a way, to get in the way, to get in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.” Over the years, he was able to meet and work with Rosa Parks who taught him about the philosophy and discipline of non-violence. “She kept on saying to each one of us, you too can do something,” he said.
