Election 2008: Rep. John Lewis on the historic election of Barack Obama

By Sue Sturgis / November 5, 2008

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a noted civil rights leader and one of the founders of the Institute for Southern Studies, speaking to NBC News last night about Barack Obama's historic election as the first African-American president of the United States of America:

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