For the anniversary of the March on Washington, I revisited MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech & Lewis' speech. Both are moving, not just because they're great orators, but because their ideas still ring true today. We still have work to achieve MLK's dream, but we're getting there 1/

A video of MLK giving his speech...gives me goosebumps every time! 2/

Video & background about Lewis' speech. I think its even more impressive knowing he was only 23 when he gave it. It also went through a lot of last minute edits. x/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/politics/john-lewis-march-on-washington-police-brutality/index.html

This thread shares the edits Lewis’ speech went through. The part I find most interesting is that Lewis was EXTREMELY audacious to say that the nation had just awakened to the evils of segregation to A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH. Like dude https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1284472208006545408