in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University, and he is a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, both in Nashville, Tennessee. At the age of 23, he was an architect of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington in August 1963. By 1963, he was dubbed one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. While still a young man, John Lewis became a nationally recognized leader. SNCC was largely responsible for organizing student activism in the Movement, including sit-ins and other activities. Ever since then, he has remained at the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggle in the United States.ĭuring the height of the Movement, from 1963 to 1966, Lewis was named Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which he helped form. In those pivotal moments, he made a decision to become a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr., which he heard on radio broadcasts. As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the words of the Rev. He grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, Alabama. John Robert Lewis (Febru– July 17, 2020) was born the son of sharecroppers, outside of Troy, Alabama. John Lewis is a 2-Time Bestselling Author
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