Opinion: A voting campaign will honor John Lewis
Terri Lee Freeman
Terri Lee Freeman, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, is responsible for providing strategic leadership in furthering the museum’s mission as an educational and cultural institution.
'My heart is heavy at the passing of this great foot soldier of the movement and congressman for the people,' says the president of the National Civil Rights Museum. 'In his honor, we’ll vote like our lives depend on it, because they do. '
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