Andrew Young: John Lewis Was ‘One of the Saints’ of the Civil Rights Movement

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YOUNG: “You know, John Lewis was one of the saints of the movement. I mean, we were all pretty — he was younger than I was, but we were all pretty serious. But he was more serious. I think that when we realize we could die doing what we were doing, well, Dr. King used to laugh and joke about it and one of the things he’d do all the time was when people would get nervous about the violence and the bloodshed that was potential, he’d say, well, don’t worry, I can preach you into Heaven and he’d say all the embarrassing things he — you know, he could think of. But he made us laugh at the possibility of death. And so I don’t see John Lewis’ death as a tragedy. I think it’s something we should celebrate.”