At age 23, the former chairman of SNCC stepped up to the podium to deliver a powerful speech to thousands on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard ...

by John Lewis During the early discussions about the march, it was never our design to come to Washington to support any particular piece of civil rights legislation. But before the march ...

On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ... featured an impressive roster of speakers—including John Lewis—and ...

John Lewis Lewis, who was the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington, was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in December. He shared images of himself standing in Black ...

John Lewis was born to sharecroppers in Troy ... At the age of 23, he was a keynote speaker during the March on Washington and became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones ... He was also involved in a historic event, helping plan the 1963 March on Washington as one of the Big Six — the men who were leading the ...

John Lewis championed voting rights and civil ... He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Lewis and others were beaten and arrested after crossing the Selma, Alabama ...

John Lewis. As part of CBS’s John Lewis ... civil rights movement and the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington. Lewis was the youngest of the "Big Six" leaders of the ...

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