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The black Forrest Gump.


Lewis somehow single handily found himself in every major American civil rights event from the 60's on. I get that you only have 2 hours to try and show all about civil rights, but man, they really packed it in on that character!!!

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yeah that's what I was thinking

Am curious why they did not show Carter--who was the first Governor elected president after civil rights legislation had passed. This was significant. Carter was the bridge between the old and new south....and he was supposedly still employed at the White house then.

Should have had super brief snippet re Reagan who we knew was bad re understanding of South Africa. Focus on his son and family from that angle.

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