BRATTLEBORO-The Good Trouble Street Choir, The People's Resistance Marching Band and Indivisible Brattleboro say they are planning to combine forces once again and make some "Good Trouble" on Thursday, July 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
"July 17 is the anniversary of the death of John Lewis, who famously called his civil rights work 'good trouble,'" organizers wrote in a news release. "He was a fearless advocate, facing police violence, being badly beaten and jailed, yet never giving up. He was able not only to see voting laws changed for the better, he got himself elected to Congress to help write those laws. He can be an inspiration to all of us to act now and not allow others to do the work while we sit on the sidelines."
The Band and Choir will lead a march from New England Youth Theatre along Flat and Frost Streets, then back to town along Elliot Street with marchers joining along the way. The march will end at the Whetstone Pathway and Pedestrian Bridge near the Brattleboro Food Co-op for additional tributes and song. There will also be a bake sale and lawn signs available for purchase. Organizers said participants are encouraged to bring signs declaring their thoughts on the current situation.
Lewis, one of the younger major civil rights leaders of the time, helped organize many of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, said march organizers, including the Freedom Rides, the 1963 March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery marches. When he was later elected to represent Georgia in Congress, he continued to advocate for civil rights and was known as the "conscience of the Congress."
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