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On the recordJuly 22, 2020
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. No one loved Nashville, Tennessee, more than our friend and colleague John Robert Lewis. As a young man, he arrived in Nashville on a bus with a ticket purchased by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King wanted young John to attend American Baptist College. For anyone wondering how to honor John Lewis and his legacy, think of his alma mater, American Baptist, and remember also the historically Black college and university that he later attended, Fisk University. If you want more John Lewises in the world, think of his beloved training grounds, American Baptist and Fisk.
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Roy Cooper
Democratic · North Carolina

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