If Someone Had Told Me In 1963

If We Must Grind Up Human Flesh And Bones In The Industrial Machine That We Call Modern America, Then, Before God, I Assert That Those Who Consume The Coal And You And I Who Benefit From That Service, Because We Live In Comfort, We Owe Protection To Those Men First And We Owe Security For Their Families If They Die.

We Live In A Country Where We're Supposed To Have Freedom Of The Press And Religious Freedom, But I Think To Some Degree, There's A Sense Of Fear In America Today, That If You Say The Wrong Thing, What Some People Will Consider What Is Wrong, If You Step Out Of Line, If You Dissent, Whether You Be An Entertainer, That Somehow And Some Way This Government Or The Forces To Be Will Come Down On You.

That Issue Has Been Resolved For Years Now, And It's Been Resolved For At Least Two Years In Donald Trump's Mind. And To Bring That Up As Justification For John Lewis Questioning The Legitimacy Of A Democratic Activity That Is - Has Been Around Since The Beginning Of Our Country Is Wrong.

['march'] Is A Path You Must Take If You Want To Move From One Point To Another Point. If You Want To Make It Down This Very Long And Troublesome Road, Follow This Path. Follow This Message. Follow This Map. And You Will Get There Some Day.

I Believe It Is My Obligation To Tell The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement To The Next Generation.