Barack Obama says equality drive is under threat ahead of presidential election

John Lewis Remembered
John Lewis Remembered

Former president Barack Obama used civil rights leader John Lewis’ funeral to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights leader championed are threatened heading into the 2020 election.

Speaking from the pulpit of the church that Martin Luther King Jr once led, Mr Obama did not mention President Donald Trump.

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