Conversations with John Lewis and Jackie Winters to mark MLK Day

A 23-year-old civil rights activist from Alabama named John Lewis was the youngest speaker at the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by Martin Luther King Jr, delivering a fiery speech to hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered on the Washington Mall. Lewis went on to serve on the Atlanta City Council, and was elected to Congress in 1986, where he has earned a reputation as one of the most liberal members of the House. He has also teamed up with Andrew Ayden and illustrator Nate Powell to write March, a three volume graphic nonfiction series documenting Lewis's life. We listen back to a conversation we had with Lewis in 2014. Lewis died in 2020.

We listen back to a conversation with Oregon state Republican Sen. Jackie Winters recorded in 2018 about her  role as Senate Minority Leader. Winters died in 2019.

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