Lewis

A man of peace, praised ''for his commitment to the fight against [[anti-semitism]].''<ref>[https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-john-lewis-praised-commitment-atlantas-jewish-community/] ''Rep. John Lewis praised for commitment to Atlanta's Jewish community,'' M. Seiden, July 18, 2020, WSBTV.com</ref> Following the April 2014 [[Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting]] murders of three people, on the eve of Passover: ''It is deeply tragic that such senseless brutality should occur on the eve of Passover, the time when Jews all over the world remember their liberation from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago.  Hate itself is a kind of bondage that poisons the well of the soul. Somehow we must finally learn that it can never be a meaningful answer to human problems...''<ref>[https://johnlewis.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-john-lewis-condemns-hate-killings-kansas-city] ''Rep. John Lewis Condemns Hate Killinvs In Kansas City,'' April 14, 2014, johnlewis.house.gov. Press Release: Rep. John Lewis made this statement about the murders of three people yesterday, on the eve of [[Passover]], by 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross of Aurora, Mo.</ref> Some called him a 'champion of Black-Jewish ties.'
<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/john-lewis-was-champion-black-jewish-ties-we-must-build-his-legacy-opinion-1519514] ''John Lewis was a champion of Black-Jewish ties. We must build on his legacy'', by J.A. Greenblatt, Newsweek, July 22, 2020</ref>

He wrote that he knew both [[Jews]] murdered together with Chaney in Neshoba [[Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerne]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mm58BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA261]
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, John Lewis, Michael D' Orso 2015 p. 261</ref>


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