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John Robert Lewis was born close to Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940, the third of ten children of Willie Mae (née Carter) and Eddie Lewis. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His parents were sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama , of which Troy was the county seat.
But, SNCC chairman John Lewis (also an SCLC board member), believed mass mobilizations to be invaluable, and he urged the group to participate. [18] SNCC called in Fay Bellamy and Silas Norman to be full-time organizers in Selma. [19] Selma had both moderate and hardline segregationists in its white power structure.
Audio of the speech. Following an introduction by Rep. John Lewis, who was injured in the Selma to Montgomery marches, President Obama discussed the Selma to Montgomery marches in the context of historic events: "There are places, and moments in America where this nation's destiny has been decided, ...
Crowds watched solemnly as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in Selma ...
The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. The bridge became a landmark in the ...
The body of Rep. John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers raised in the Alabama woods, crossed the infamous bridge in Selma on Sunday morning, where Lewis became a wounded but more determined warrior ...
In March 2015, on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama, the first African-American U.S. president, delivered a speech at the foot of the bridge and then, along with other U.S. political figures such as former U.S. President George W. Bush and Representative John Lewis, and Civil Rights Movement activists such as ...
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