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b'\\u201cMy philosophy is very simple: When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just? Say something, do something. Get into trouble - good trouble, necessary trouble."\\nOn August 28, 1963,\\xa0John Lewis was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) - one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. This is an excerpt from his speech that day - when he was twenty-three.\\xa0\\n\\nFULL SPEECH:\\xa0https://youtu.be/tFs1eTsokJg\\n\\n\\nTRANSCRIPT:\\xa0https://bit.ly/2WCKDSp\\n\\n\\nJohn later served thirty-two years as US Congressman (D-GA, 1986-2018), and was awarded the Presidential Medial of Freedom. He was born in Troy, Alabama, on January 3, 1940\\xa0and passed away in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 17, 2020.\\xa0John Lewis remains an American civil rights icon - his work is never complete. Rest in power.\\nLEARN ABOUT JOHN:\\n\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(civil_rights_leader)\\n\\ntwitter.com/repjohnlewis\\n\\n"March" (graphic novel trilogy):\\xa0https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29844341-march\\n\\n\\n"Good Trouble" (documentary):\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_oEkOdIXdo\\n\\n\\n\\xa0DONATE:\\xa0Southern Poverty Law Center:\\xa0https://www.splcenter.org/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'