Remembering John Lewis
On Being with Krista Tippett
I Don't Give Up, I Just Keep the Faith
"I wanted to be a preacher as a young child. And i had the sense that if i believe, if i had faith in my own capacity and ability to get things done, i too could change thags," she says. "When i heard about the supreme court decision o nineteen fifty four, i thought, the next school year, did i go to a better school?" She adds: 'i didn't give up. I didn't become bitter or hostel. I kept the faith'...
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