On the recordJuly 22, 2020
We are all heartbroken. We all are speechless. We all are committed to John Robert Lewis' beloved community. Each of us have been touched without ceasing for the spirit he led us in acknowledging, even in anger, that there was the beloved community. He loved his wife and his family and his extended brothers and sisters, all the way from Alabama to Georgia. I am reminded of his ability to love Dr. Martin Luther King. It is a testament of a man that is able to extend love and not to show envy but to learn and to seek knowledge. John did that, which allowed him to carry that all the way to the fights of today. Dr. King said: ``John Robert Lewis, are you the boy from Troy?'' He loved to tell that story. He loved to tell that he preached to the chickens, but his voices were heard by kings and queens. John Robert Lewis, a saint walking on Earth. I am reminded of our days in front of the South African Embassy, arrested, against genocide, or fighting against the children in cages. John never stopped his fight. And so I come today to honor him in this brief moment that we have, to be able to say, Isn't it good that a saintly man walked on this Earth and reminded us of the beloved community? I am very glad to say that I knew, and the world knows John Robert Lewis, ``the boy from Troy.'' Mr.…
