A lifetime civil rights leader in the U.S. who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The last of the ‘Big Six’ rights leaders led by Martin Luther King Junior.
And hailed as the ‘conscience of Congress’.
John Lewis is being remembered in a six-day memorial service that follows his journey through life.
The 17-term congressman from Georgia died of pancreatic cancer on July 17 at the age of 80.
He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in Atlanta on Thursday.
How will his legacy shape the Black Lives Matter movement?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
Guests
Rasheen Aldridge Junior, member of the Missouri State House of Representatives.
Tricia Rose, director of the Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity in America at Brown University.
Lester Spence, professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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