Al jazeera. And. Honoring a champion of Civil Rights Activism mourners in the u. S. Pay tribute to john lewis but will his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives matter a movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program im nora a lifetime civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of Congress John lewis is being remembered in a 6 Day Memorial Service that follows his journey through life the 17 term congressman from georgia died of pancreatic cancer on the 17th of july at the age of 80 hell be laid to rest in a private sammy atlanta on thursday they are Holding Reports its a homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer
John fed them and tended to their every need. Ones, for spiritual john baptized them, married them, and he preached to them. When his parents claimed one for supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. Going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. He also noted that in later years that his first congregation of chickens listen to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. Thought the chickens were just a little bit more productive. At least they produced eggs, he said. Nashville, from the freedom rides to the march on washington, from freedom summer to selma, john lewis always looked outward, not inward. He always thought of others. In preachingieved the gospel in word and in deed. Insisting that hate and fear had to be answered with love and hope. John lewis believed in the lord. He believed in humanity and he believed in america. He has been called an american saint. A believer willing to give up everything. To bear witness to the truth that drove him all cou
Honoring a champion of Civil Rights Activism mourners in the u. S. Pay tribute to john lewis but will his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives Matter Movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program im norah a life time civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of Congress John lewis is being remembered in a 6 Day Memorial Service that follows his journey through life the 17 congressman from georgia died of pancreatic cancer on the 17th of july at the age of 80 hell be laid to rest in a private. They report. A homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer fractured his skull on a day that became known as bloody sunday
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. But perseverance finishes its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, doctor Martin Luther king jr. To pay my respects of perhaps his finest disciple. An american, whose faith was tested again and again, to produce a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance. John robert lewis and to those who have spoken, president bush and president clinton, madam speaker and the reverend, johns family, friends, his beloved staff and i have come here today to because i like so Many Americans, owe a great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision of freedom. Now, this country is a constant work in progress and we are born with instructions to form a more perfect union, explicit in those words is the idea that we are imperfect a
Now the entire Funeral Service for representative john lewis in atlanta georgia. Friends and family pay tribute to the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the pre life and legacy of representative john lewis and shared personal stories. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] good morning and welcome to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. We are americas freedom church. My name is doctor Patrice Turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. We thank god for the life of representative John Robert Lewis and so, at 11 00 a. M. We shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. Let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells silence]. [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing o