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Ranger Gill LYONS shares his experience of civil rights in the U.S. through memories of his life and moments at the Lincoln Memorial.
Join him for his personal stories of service in the Korean War, returning home to be treated as a second-class citizen, and taking his family to the Lincoln Memorial while living in a segregated country. He watched Dr. Martin Luther KING Jr. give his most famous speech on the steps of Lincoln Memorial, and witnessed the election of the first African American U.S. President, and finally his career as a National Park Ranger.
