Waleed Shahid

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Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

One year after Selma, John Lewis was ousted from his leadership role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Excerpts from his memoirs: "The subject we kept coming back to again and again, was the relevancy and even the possibility of interracial democracy." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated

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The obituaries of John Lewis mention that he was SNCC's Chairman. But virtually none of them mention how he actually *felt* when he was ousted from that role in 1966, just *one* year after Selma -- so I read his autobiography: "It hurt more than anything I'd ever been through." https://t.co/xEV82vxp0Y — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated

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"I again spoke my piece about keeping whites among our membership and got some backlash about that from some of the more strident voices in the room." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 23, 2020 Hibernated