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[StephanieVanbryce]

John Lewis On Sanders’ Involvement In Civil Rights Movement: “I Never Saw Him”

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A reporter, noting Sanders’ involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, asked Lewis, about Sanders’ record in the civil rights movement.

Sanders has made his history as a participant in the March on Washington and as a student organizer in SNCC a part of his campaign.

“Well, to be very frank, I don’t want to cut you off, but I know where it’s going,” Lewis said.

As Lewis began to lean into his answer, the room tensed, and someone let out an “uh oh.”

“I never saw him. I never met him,” Lewis continued. “I was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for 3 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 to voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands/john-lewis-on-sanders-involvement-in-civil-rights-movement-i#.hqnxy6VZG4

Go READ the Whole THING! If interested. Also a Black Lives Matter activist Killed themselves about two weeks ago ..and I can't remember where I read it but I feel sure it was from Shaun King .. Damn I hate that! I have to remember when you see something meaningful post it! if not it's gone ... I looked in the the 'daily news, ny.. not there maybe in his twitter feed? . .It was a sad sad story . .. no drinking no drugs .. . crap!