The 4th paragraph starts with Lewis demanding, not asking, for new laws that should be set in place for the benefit of all people, not just one social class or group. For instance in the text in the fourth paragraph, Lewis writes ¨ We must a have a legislation that will protect the Mississippi sharecropper. We must have a good FEPC bill.” (para.4) That is to say, Lewis believes that the government does not do enough to properly represent everyone in society. The significance is that Lewis is showing that the government and its bills built on the idea of “equality for all men” is doing a poor job of keeping it fair. Lewis suggests that “We need a bill that will provide for the homeless and starving people of this nation. We need a bill that
