The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable John Lewis

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable John Lewis

4/25/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.039

Civil rights leader and U.S. congressman The Honorable John Lewis (1940 - ) is a lifelong activist and has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1986. Lewis was recognized as one of the "Big Six" of the Civil Rights Movement (along with Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Whitney Young, James Farmer, and Roy Wilkins) who met with President Kennedy to discuss the planning of the "March on Washington". In 1965, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led "Bloody Sunday", one of the most dramatic nonviolent protests of the Movement. Lewis was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/25/2001, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 06m 19s

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Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-2020

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John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966. Lewis was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. He fulfilled many key roles in the civil right...