Al Giordano on John Lewis and nonviolence training and tradition (HRC GP) [View all]

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1. A little history lesson is in order here. John Lewis was 19 years old when he began his training in nonviolence from Rev. Jim Lawson.
8:15 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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2. The training wasn't 4 hours long. It lasted six months! The same 30 people, mostly young, came to a Nashville church basement to get it.
8:16 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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3. Lawson, who had been to India where he studied the strategies & tactics of Gandhi, had been invited south by Dr. King to train others.
8:18 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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4. He put them through intensive role plays (some of which have been reenacted in the films Selma & The Butler in recent years) to rehearse.
8:19 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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5. Only after carefully planning & mapping out a *sequence* of actions did Lewis & the other trainees head to the streets to take action.
8:20 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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6. Many have seen the iconic photos & film of Lewis & others at those Nashville lunch counter sit-ins & thought them spontaneous actions.
8:22 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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7. They were in fact planned, rehearsed & executed with military precision, down to the details of how they'd dress, & walking silently.
8:23 PM - 22 Jun 2016

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