During a flight back from Seattle the other day, I actually watched a fairly interesting documentary about John Lewis, the civil and voting rights activist and leader, and later Congressman from Atlanta; the film was much better than standard airline movie fare of Hollywood trash and old "classics."  The most interesting part concerned his life before Congress:   his activism, commitment to non-violence, and remarkable bravery in the face of vicious racist violence (Representative Clyburn, I think it was, described him in the film as the "most courageous person I've known").   After the Freedom Riders, including Lewis, arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1961, Lewis and others were beaten bloody by a white mob.  In the film, Lewis comments that after Rock Hill, "I lost all fear.  And when you lose all fear, you are free."