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Jul 17, 2020 · From an early age, John Lewis was committed to the goal of education for himself, and justice for his people. Inspired by the example of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Montgomery bus boycott, he corresponded with Dr. King and resolved to join the struggle for civil rights.
Jun 30, 2013 · Early Life and Education. John Robert Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940. His parents, Eddie and Willie Mae both worked as sharecroppers to support their ten children. Lewis attended the Pike County Training High School in Brundidge, Alabama.
Facts. Top Questions. Where did John Lewis go to school? Lewis was educated in Nashville at the American Baptist Theological Institute and Fisk University (B.A. in religion and philosophy, 1967). When did John Lewis die? Lewis died on July 17, 2020, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Did You Know?
Jul 26, 2004 · Born to a sharecropper family in Pike County, Alabama, on February 21, 1940, John R. Lewis was educated at the American Baptist Theological Seminary and Fisk University, both in Nashville, Tennessee. While a college student in the early 1960s, he was swept into the sit-in movement.
Apr 25, 2001 · Congressman John Lewis rose from abject poverty to become one of America’s leaders. He has been at the forefront of progressive social and political causes for more than forty years. Lewis was born on February 21, 1940, in Troy, Alabama to sharecroppers Eddie Lewis and Willie Mae Miles.
Celebrated as one of the civil rights movement’s most courageous young leaders, John Lewis, a founding member and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), greatly contributed to student movements of the 1960s. He described Martin Luther King as “the person who, more than any other, continued to influence my life ...
Home. Learn. Education. Students. Leaders in the Struggle for Civil Rights. John Lewis. Chairman, Nashville Student Movement; National Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) John Lewis was committed body and soul to nonviolent action. In 1960, he participated in the first mass lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
