Rep. Bacon Statement on Death of Lewis, Vivian
July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 20 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on the death of Rep. John Lewis and Pastor C.T. Vivian:
"Today our nation lost two men who were stalwarts in the civil rights movement: Rep. John Lewis and Pastor C.T. Vivian. Both men worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King in the fight for racial justice during the Jim Crow era.
"Both men were part of the Freedom Riders - a group of people who travelled across the south t . . .
"Today our nation lost two men who were stalwarts in the civil rights movement: Rep. John Lewis and Pastor C.T. Vivian. Both men worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King in the fight for racial justice during the Jim Crow era.
"Both men were part of the Freedom Riders - a group of people who travelled across the south t . . .