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John Lewis was born on February 21, 1940 in Troy, Alabama, he was one of 10 children.
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- John Lewis was arrested 40 times during the civil right movement
- John was born into a family with 10 children.
- John had is skull fractured during a march
- John was the Director of the Voter Education Project for 7 years!
- John was a baptist Protestant Christian.
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Not much is know about John's childhood except that he was born into a family of 10
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On John Lewis's own count, he was arrested more than 40 times during civil rights movement.
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John Lewis organized student sit-in demonstrations in the Nashville area.
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In May of 1961 John Lewis became a freedom rider.
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John lewis attended American Baptist College in 1961
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Became chairman of the students nonviolent coordinating committee in 1963.
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John Lewis attended Fisk University in 1963
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Was a key speaker in the march on washington August 28, 1963
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John helped organize a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and is among 600 demonstrators attacked by police.
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Lewis' skull was fractured in 1965 during an attempted voting rights march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama.
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In 1966 John Lewis left the nonviolent coordinating committee
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John Lewis Co founded the Southern Coordinating Committee in 1966.
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John Lewis was an associate director of the Field Foundation for a year.
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John became a community organization director for the Southern Regional Council in 1967
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In 1968 John Lewis married Lillian Miles on December 21, 1968.
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John Lewis became Director of the Voter Education Project for 7 years!
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John Lewis started serving the Atlanta City Council in 1980.
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John Lewis left the Atlanta city council in 1982.
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John Lewis served in the Us house of representatives in 1987 to present day.
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John Lewis published his book Walking With the Wind in 1988
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John Lewis's father Eddie Lewis died on November 30, 2006.
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Arrested outside the Embassy of Sudan, where he is protesting the obstruction of aid to refugees in Darfur.
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John Lewis was awarded the medal of freedom by Barrack Obama in February 15, 2011
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John Lewis's wife died in 2012 to natural causes.
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John Lewis's mother died on March 28, 2015
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John is still serving as a georgia representative in the US House of Representatives.
