Watch Civil Rights Legend Rep. John Lewis Crowd Surf on 'Colbert'

Screenshot via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/YouTube

Rep. John Lewis — civil rights leader, gun legislation sit-in organizer, graphic novelist ... crowd surfer.

"Sometimes you have to find a way to get into trouble — good trouble, necessary trouble," Lewis said on a recent segment of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert shortly before diving off the stage, at Colbert's encouragement.

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