"Too
many of my friends gave their lives for our right to vote. I think about them
every time I step into the voting booth.
I
remember their faces, the sounds of their voices. I wonder what could have
been, had we not been cheated of their light - of their lives.
We
must never, ever forget their sacrifice. We must honor it and cherish it. Tell
your friends: We must vote."
-
John Lewis, Congressman for Georgia 's Fifth District, civil rights hero, and
author of March.
