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"FacebookPinterest\n\nLewis\u2014who led the initial civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, and was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966\u2014was photographed by GQ at the Lorraine Motel (now the National Civil Rights Museum) in Memphis, site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, on March 28, 2008, nearly forty years to the day after the shooting.\n\nWas there a moment when you knew this election would be extraordinary?\n\n When Senator Barack Obama won the Iowa primary, I knew that he was on his way to becoming the nominee. And the moment I discovered that he would be accepting that nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of the March on Washington, I knew that it was more than fate. I knew that something was happening in America. I knew that a force I call the spirit of history was moving among us.\n\nIs the Obama candidacy that much more fulfilling for you, having struggled for civil rights when you did?\n\n Yes, because it's one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement. For an individual of his caliber to be a serious contender in the race for president of the United States is a major down payment on the fulfillment of the dream. It's a joy to know that the struggles\u2014the beatings, the jail cells, the killings, and the sacrifice of so many people we loved\u2014were not in vain.\n\nClick here to read more provocative, revealing interviews with the men and women behind the most epic presidential race of our lifetime."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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