Magical moment as the legendary civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis met with a budding activist.

[kpete]

Ten-year-old Tybre Faw drove with his grandmother for seven hours from Tennessee to Alabama with the hopes of meeting his icon. Rep. Lewis spotted the young man as he was leaving the event and stopped to speak with him. Faw’s sign caught Lewis’ eye. It read:

Thank you Rep. John Lewis

You have shown me how to have courage

raw courage

Selma was the turning point

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Tybre Faw traveled 7 hours to see his hero, Rep. John Lewis, who was in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. The boy became emotional when they met, and Lewis invited him to march with him toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge

Link to tweet

VIDEO:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/politics/john-lewis-bloody-sunday-anniversary-reporters-notebook/index.html?sr=twCNN030818john-lewis-bloody-sunday-anniversary-reporters-notebook0139AMVODtop
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/9/1747724/-Watch-the-magical-moment-civil-rights-icon-John-Lewis-met-a-10-year-old-budding-activist

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Off to the greatest page!!!

Just a sec...something in my eye....

[Botany]

17. must be some dust in the air that has gotten into my eyes too.

pure class on both sides

[calimary]

25. Hmmm... same dust must be whirling around here, too.

What a WUNNNNNNNderful story. There is still goodness out there.

[ailsagirl]

36. Definitely

[lastlib]

37. Who knew that dust could travel over the Internet??

[montana_hazeleyes]

38. That dust is still traveling! I just now saw this at

1:25 a.m. out here on the west coast on Saturday morning and that dust has gotten in my eyes too!

[malaise]

2. Beautiful

Get thee to the greatest page

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Oh wow...tears... K & R!!!

[Gothmog]

4. Congressman John Lewis is a national treasure

[kpete]

5. Even the cats love him!

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[Corvo Bianco]

14. Catman!

[lunamagica]

20. Cats are great judges of character

[True Blue American]

41. They sure are!

[MineralMan]

6. Wonderful! Passing it along to the latest generation.

Bravo!

[demmiblue]

7. Onions.

What a wonderful and inspiring moment.

[apnu]

8. Damn. This had me crying (nt)

[Martin Eden]

39. Me too

Hope is precious, and it resides in youth.

[bottomofthehill]

9. Side door of Browns Chapel

Mr Lewis goes back every year. What an amazing man, leader, civil rights icon and national treasure

[Lucinda]

10. KNR

[niyad]

11. DAMN, it is dusty in here!!

thank you so much for posting this!!

[grantcart]

40. allergies, never been this bad in March

[dchill]

12. Oh, man.

[Corvo Bianco]

13. Thank you so much for posting and thanks Mr. Lewis and Mr. Faw

I'm only crying a little.

[byronius]

15. Well, that got me.

[Lifelong Protester]

16. That made me cry!!

K & R

[gademocrat7]

18. So very heartwarming.

Can’t help but shed tears. Thank you Congressman John Lewis for “Good Trouble”.

[lunamagica]

19. Beautiful! Did anyone see him on the new Letterman show on Netflix?

[lillypaddle]

21. That memory will

be with that young man for the rest of his life. I hope he can draw courage from it when he needs courage.

Lately almost every DU post brings me to

[mountain grammy]

22. Beautiful

[KPN]

23. How beautifully inspirational!

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. As inspirational as the meeting was, there was something deeper in this, at least for me.

That boy's hero probably faced Bloody Sunday before the boy's mother was born. Incredibly moving that he would be so enthralled with someone like that. Totally appropriate and deserving, but still incredible.

[ehrnst]

26. Being inspired by one of the great true progressives.

One of the few that made the transition from activist to effective politician.

That kid could do a lot worse for a role model!

[AwakeAtLast]

27. Oh, I love that!

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Wow.

[Honeycombe8]

29. This put a lump in my throat & a tear in my eye. Lewis is a fine man.

A good man. And he took the time to make this young boy's day a very special day.

[Enoki33]

30. Thanks for this poignant moment of reflection and hope.

[Cha]

31. Awww... Precious..

[mcar]

32. Oh my!

What a beautiful moment.

[onethatcares]

33. when I see things like this

I wonder if I have true courage. The kind that takes beatings and still rises up for the good of all.

I just wonder.

[CTyankee]

34. This is how we win. One generation steps up to honor the last...

beautiful.

[magicarpet]

35. Passing the torch to the youngins.

[True Blue American]

42. John Lewis paved the way

For a new path forward. We must never forget that!

My allergies seem to be worse but for some reason they make me feel better!