Thursday, July 30, 2020


A double rainbow over the nation’s capital as John Lewis lies in state.

“Grant us, Dear God, a double portion (of Good Trouble),” said Bernice King, youngest daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the service this morning.

Before his death John Lewis wrote an opinion piece to be published on the day of his funeral for the New York Times:

Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio... He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out. When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something.
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Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.