Follow John Lewis through 7 dated historical records for United States of America.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
The Leaders and organisations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis, SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality
The Leaders and organisations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis, SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality
Leads marchers toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Role range: 1965-1965 – 1965-1965
John Lewis and Hosea Williams led demonstrators across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their intended march to Montgomery.
Role range: 1965-1965
John Lewis sustained a fractured skull when state troopers attacked civil rights marchers at the bridge.
Role range: 1965-1965
The attack on Lewis and other nonviolent marchers became a defining moment in the national voting rights campaign.
Role range: 1965-1965
Death of civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis.
Role range: 1987-2020
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