• 3 days ago
"We cannot wait for some other time, some other place, some other heroes."

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms pays tribute to John Lewis, encouraging Americans to continue his legacy and vote.
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00:00People often think that they can't make a difference, like our civil rights icons.
00:05But every person in the movement mattered. Those who made the sandwiches,
00:11swept the church floors, stuffed the envelopes. They too changed America and
00:19so can we. The baton has now been passed to each of us. We've cried out for
00:27justice. We have gathered in our streets to demand change. And now we must pass
00:34on the gift John Lewis sacrificed to give us. We must register and we must
00:41vote. We know how important it is that we elect real leaders like Joe Biden
00:49and Kamala Harris, people of honor and integrity who hold justice close to
00:56their hearts and believe that the lives of my four black children matter.
01:04In the words of womanist poet Audre Lorde, your silence will not protect you.
01:11Congressman Lewis would not be silenced and neither can we. We cannot wait for
01:19some other time, some other place, some other heroes. We must be the heroes of
01:28our generation because we too are America. Our votes can be our voice.