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John Lewis was one of the “big six” leaders of the civil right movements of the 1960s. Chairman of the student violent  coordinating committee. He was part of many movements like the Selma to Montgomery March. He was also joined congress in 1987.  He led demonstrations against many segregated places including restrooms, hotels, restaurants, public parks and swimming pools.(1940-2020)

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“We have been too quiet for too long. There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet. This is the time.”

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Awarded more than 50 honorary degrees, has received many prestigious awards, the Golden Plate Award from the Academy of Excellence, the Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize, the National Education Association Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for Lifetime Achievement; the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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John lewis has done so much in civil right act movement. He had been through many beatings from police officers, being arrested and just having brutal racism towards him. He fought through all that he marched for his right and made a difference. He is one o the reasons why today we do not have to deal with racism like that he made helped make things better. Was apart of many movements and marches with many moving speeches.

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John lewis was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1986. After his election he won reelection several times, representing Georgia's Fifth Congressional District.

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Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award

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Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award

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When he was given the profile in courage award he gave a  he gave a speech about his 40 years as a civil rights activist he said,"I did what I thought was right when I went on the Freedom Rides in 1961. We wanted to test a Supreme Court ruling that banned segregation in an interstate travel facility. When the bus arrived in Rock Hill, South Carolina, I deboarded the bus and approached the white waiting room. We were being watched and someone pointed to the "colored sign." I said: "I have a right to be here on the grounds of the Supreme Court decision in the Boynton case." Seconds later, I was attacked and the blood of another battle in the struggle for civil rights was drawn. I will never, ever forget that moment. I was 21. I was a sharecropper's son from a farm near Troy, Alabama. Yet somehow I learned that where there is injustice, you cannot ignore the call of conscience."

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 "Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet."

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“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”

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 "Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society."