John Lewis by Dyrion Jones https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7 Former United States Representative en-us 2020-11-05 17:58:32 UTC 2025-03-16 02:48:46 UTC hello@padlet.com John Lewis djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/895288190 Former United States Representative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis]]> 2020-11-05 18:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/895288190 John Lewis was an American Statesmen and Civil Rights who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905129013 I chose John Lewis because He played a key part in history for African Americans and for all of the United States.]]> 2020-11-09 17:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905129013 John Lewis with Doctor King djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905176518 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Fmtp-daily%2Fwatch%2Fthe-legacy-of-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-in-the-words-of-a-fellow-civil-rights-leader-88021061878&psig=AOvVaw38oUb3gJRHAGLjpuXKxavS&ust=1605029946053000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIiirNKA9uwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAk]]> 2020-11-09 17:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905176518 John Lewis Is On The Far Right djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905181248 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fjohn-lewis-traded-the-typical-college-experience-for-activism-arrests-and-jail-cells-143219&psig=AOvVaw0EH0TPXG7xeX0d6URLFYQf&ust=1605029842412000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwjZhZSegPbsAhVPsFMKHWD2An4QjRx6BAgAEAc]]> 2020-11-09 17:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905181248 John Lewis Youtube Video djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905195788 2020-11-09 17:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905195788 John Lewis Arrested in 1960 djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905227491 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajc.com%2Fnews%2Ffive-things-know-about-congressman-john-lewis%2FuzHfUBLepoRaRnwvjlmpkK%2F&psig=AOvVaw1XNccIZsxZMWdAp4YY8gan&ust=1605029743021000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCKD3vO__9ewCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAf]]> 2020-11-09 17:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905227491 John Lewis Quotes 1."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." 2."Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part." 3. "I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful." djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905250006 2020-11-09 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905250006 John Lewis Summary djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905605279 John Robert Lewis was born outside of Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940. Lewis had a happy childhood — though he needed to work hard to assist his sharecropper parents — but he chafed against the unfairness of segregation. He was particularly disappointed when the Supreme Court ruling in 1954's Brown v. The Board of Education didn't affect his school life. However, hearing King's sermons and news of the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott inspired Lewis to act for the changes he wanted to see.In 1957, Lewis left Alabama to attend the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. There, he learned about nonviolent protest and helped to organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. He was arrested during these demonstrations, which upset his mother, but Lewis was committed to the civil rights movement and went on to participate in the Freedom Rides of 1961. In 1963, Lewis became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. That same year, as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement, he helped plan the March on Washington. Lewis — the youngest speaker at the event — had to alter his speech in order to please other organizers, but still delivered a powerful oration that declared, "We all recognize the fact that if any radical social, political and economic changes are to take place in our society, the people, the masses, must bring them about."After the March on Washington, in 1964, the Civil Rights Act became law. However, this did not make it easier for African Americans to vote in the South. To bring attention to this struggle, Lewis and Hosea Williams led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. After crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were attacked by state troopers. Lewis was severely beaten once more, this time suffering a fractured skull. So basically to make a long story short John Lewis grew up in an era of racial segregation. Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., he joined the burgeoning civil rights movement. Lewis was a Freedom Rider, spoke at 1963's March on Washington and led the demonstration that became known as "Bloody Sunday." He was elected to Congress in 1986 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. He pasted away July 17, 2020.]]> 2020-11-09 18:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905605279 Work Cited djones8477 https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905653684 https://www.biography.com/political-figure/john-lewis]]> 2020-11-09 19:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/djones8477/cmm6t4iw3ggluhc7/wish/905653684