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    The story makes us strong

    Jul 24, 2020 3 minutes

    It’s not by chance that John Lewis’ name is tied so closely to America’s still visceral memories of the civil rights movement. Lewis undertook a purposeful quest to tell and retell the story of what he had been through so that nobody could forget. He turned his experiences into best-selling books and share-worthy speeches—and he did so with intention.

    In this previously unpublished excerpt from a conversation Lewis had with TIME in 2017, he explains why he kept telling that story, even though it wasn’t easy.—LILY ROTHMAN

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