where he dropped his knapsack. [laughter] i love the double hand. please don t do that, without missing a beat. laura: he s strong. if anyone comes up you and touches you, you can do a quick elbow. once they touch you. laura: no, no, no. jennifer lawrence stars in a new film called unbreaking america. it is a celebrity psa that is supposed to acquaint the audience with the corruption in the government and what can we do about it. how do we unrig this system? i m obsessed with this idea. nearly half of american voters are registered as independents. but it all adds up to this vast ring of influence over our elected leaders. it s a corrupt system in which we the people have near zero
and to come here and receive this award, this honor for this. is too much. thank you. in another sign how far he and the nation had come. john lewis celebrated the 50th anniversary of the selma march with an freshman president, retracing those fateful steps over the ed monday pettus bridge. his knapsack stocked with an apple, a toothbrush and a book on government. all you need for a night behind bars. john lewis led them out of the church on a mission to change america. this city on the banks of the alabama river gave birth to a movement that changed this nation forever. our country will never ever be the same because of what happened on this bridge.
that the library was for whites only and not for coloreds. and to come here and receive this award, this honor for this. it s too much. thank you. in another sign how far he and the nation had come, john lewis celebrated the 50th anniversary of the selma march with an african american president, retracing those fateful steps over the edmund pettus bridge. his knapsack stocked with an apple, a toothbrush and a book bonn government, all you need for a night behind bars, john lewis led them out of the church on a mission to change america. this city on the banks of the alabama river gave birth to a movement that changed this nation forever. our country will never ever be the same because of what
when king s group organized a protest march from selma to montgomery in march 1965, sncc refused to join. but john lewis chose to march anyway at the front of the line. we re marching today to dramatize to the nation and hundreds of thousands of negro citizens of alabama denied the right to vote. his knapsack had an apple and toothbrush. he was ready to go to jail as he had so often before but he was also prepared for worse. john just was always available to risk death, and i think it was not that he wanted to die, it was that the basis of his leadership was showing a fearlessness that encouraged others. when the marchers crossed the edmund pettus bridge out of town, a line of state troopers confronted them. you are ordered to disperse.
they were fearless. when king s group organized a protest march from selma to montgomery in march 1965, sncc refused to join. but john lewis chose to march anyway at the front of the line. we re marching today to dramatize to the nation and hundreds of thousands of negro citizens of alabama denied the right to vote. his nknapsack had an apple ad toothbrush. he was ready to go to jail as he had so often before but he was also prepared for worse. he was always available to reach death and i don t think it was he wanted to die. it was the basis of his leadership was showing a fearlessness that encouraged others. when the marchers crossed the bridge out of town, a linebacker of state troopers confronted