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07-13-2015, 05:46 PM
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) visited Comic-Con this weekend, where he showed attendees what a real-life superhero looks like.
Lewis attended the San Diego event dressed in a trench coat and a backpack, a nod to the outfit he wore while marching across (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/03/08/bloody-sunday-selma-march_n_6826932.html) the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago. He reenacted (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis/photos/a.10152286605518405.1073741825.82737208404/10153369527258405/?type=1) that famous march with Comic-Con attendees:
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Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) recreates the march on Selma with attendees of the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. (Photo: robertstein100/Twitter)
Lewis also took time to talk with some of the younger attendees of the conference, which he attended to promote March (http://www.amazon.com/March-Book-One-John-Lewis/dp/1603093001), a graphic novel he co-authored about the civil rights movement.
Our children are the future.
Posted by John Lewis (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis) on*Saturday, July 11, 2015 (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis/posts/10153367875123405:0)
Watch a video of Lewis at Comic-Con above.
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Lewis attended the San Diego event dressed in a trench coat and a backpack, a nod to the outfit he wore while marching across (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/03/08/bloody-sunday-selma-march_n_6826932.html) the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago. He reenacted (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis/photos/a.10152286605518405.1073741825.82737208404/10153369527258405/?type=1) that famous march with Comic-Con attendees:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/3183142/thumbs/o-JOHN-LEWIS-COMIC-CON-570.jpg?7
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) recreates the march on Selma with attendees of the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. (Photo: robertstein100/Twitter)
Lewis also took time to talk with some of the younger attendees of the conference, which he attended to promote March (http://www.amazon.com/March-Book-One-John-Lewis/dp/1603093001), a graphic novel he co-authored about the civil rights movement.
Our children are the future.
Posted by John Lewis (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis) on*Saturday, July 11, 2015 (https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnLewis/posts/10153367875123405:0)
Watch a video of Lewis at Comic-Con above.
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