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We would go to the theatre and all of us like children had to go upstairs to the balcony and i would go home and ask my mother and my father, my grandparents, "why? " and they would say, "thats the way it is. dont get in the way, dont get in trouble." when i first heard martin luther king junior it inspired me. it moved me. this man spoke to my soul. i think in some strange way he was saying to me, "you can do something, you can make a contribution." i wanted to go and attend troy state college....

Mr lewis told the bbc about that experience, and how he was inspired by dr king. when i was growing up, we would go downtown and see those signs that said, coloured waited, white men, coloured men, white women, coloured woman. we would go to the theatre and all of us black children had had to go upstairs to the balcony. and i would come home and asked my mother, my father, my grandparents why. they said thats the way it is. dont get in the way, dont get in trouble. when i first heard martin luth...

And we would see those signs that said "white men, coloured men, white women, coloured women." we would go to the theatre and all of us like children had to go upstairs to the balcony and i would go home and ask my mother and my father, my grandparents, "why? " and they would say, "thats the way it is. dont get in the way, dont get in trouble." when i first heard martin luther king junior it inspired me. it moved me. this man spoke to my soul. i think in some strange way he was saying to me, "yo...

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Good morning. it is saturday, july 18th. im lindsey reiser. >> we begin with john lewis. >> he was probably best known for leading hundreds in the 1965 march across the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, in what became known as bloody sunday. nbc white house correspondent john geoff bennett takes a look back. >> he was a moral leader who commanded respect seen as one of the last forces. lewis was one of ten children born to sharecroppers in rural alabama in 1940. he grew up on his familys f...

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Born the share croppers in rural alabama in 1940. he grew up on his familys farm and attended segregated public schools. lewis said he was inspired as a young bye-bye the activism surrounding the montgomery bus boycott and is your monies by the reverend martin luther king jr., which he heard on the radio. >> if the spirit moves us to, we have a right to march at night any time we want to march. >> reporter: all of it spurring him to become part of the civil rights movement organizing sit-in demo...

Sermons of dr. martin king luther jr., which he heard on the radio. >> if the spirit moves to, we have a right to march at night any time we want to march. >> reporter: all of it spurring him to become part of the civil rights movement. organizing sit-in movements at lunch counters in nashville, tennessee, in 1961, joining freedom rallies. >> i was not concerned about making history. i just wanted to change things. >> reporter: while still in his 20s, john lewis became a nationally recognized le...

The death of legendary georgia democratic congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. we have a look back at his extraordinary life and times from nbc news correspondent geoff bennett. >> reporter: congressman john lewis was often called the conscience of congress, known as a moral leader who commanded respect from democrats and republicans, seen as one of the last unifying forces in national politics. lewis was one of ten children born to sharecroppers in rural alabama in 1940. he grew up on ...

National politics. one of ten children born to sharecroppers in rural alabama in 1940. he grew up on his familys farm and attended segregated public schools, inspired by the young boy by the activism surrounding the bus boycott and inspired by the dr. reveremartin king who hd on the radio. in 1961, joining in the freedom rides, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the south. >> i was not concerned about making history. i just wanted to change things. >> while still in ...