Biografía de John Lewis
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- John LewisAmerican politician, civil rights leader, U. S. Representative for Georgia(1940-2020)
- Early LifeJohn Robert Lewis was born Feb. 21, 1940 near Troy, Alabama. His parents were sharecroppers and there was always work to be done. However, John always found time to read and loved learning. His family regularly attended church and John loved to preach. He was known to preach to his chickens as a boy!John grew up inspired by the speeches and activism of people like Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. He knew he wanted to work to help create a world where everyone was treated equally.
- U.S. CongressIn 1970, Lewis became director of the Voter Education Project, helping to register millions of voters!He first ran for office in 1981 on the Atlanta City Council and in 1986, Lewis was elected U.S. Representative to Georgia's 5th District. As a congressman, Lewis has worked to improve education and healthcare, to expand and renew the Voting Rights Act, and fought against poverty and gun violence.
- March on Washington and Selma to Montgomery MarchIn 1963, Lewis became chairman of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). He joined other civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the "Big Six" and planned the March on Washington. John Lewis was the youngest speaker at the event! To protest the fact that African Americans were systematically denied the right to vote, Lewis led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama on March 7, 1965. Upon crossing the Pettus Bridge, they were brutally attacked by police. Lewis suffered a fractured skull and thought he might die. This was called "Bloody Sunday". It helped sway the public to support the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
- "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."-John Lewis, March on Washington, 1963
- Education and Early ActivismIn 1957, Lewis attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. He became a civil rights activist advocating for peaceful protest against segregation. He organized non-violent protests such as sit-ins and joined the Freedom Rides in 1961.As an activist, Lewis was arrested and even beaten. Throughout his career fighting for justice, Lewis was arrested 40 times!
- LegacyJohn Lewis married Lilian Miles in 1968 and had a son, John-Miles. He proudly served Georgia as a U.S. representative from 1987 until his death from cancer in 2020. John Lewis is remembered as a tireless advocate for equality and justice, who always got in "good trouble".
- "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."
- "My philosophy is very simple, when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble! Good trouble! Necessary trouble.”—John Lewis
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