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	SNCC-People: John Lewis
		John Lewis was an influential SNCC leader and is recognized by most as one of the important leaders of the civil rights movement as a whole.
		Lewis and others received death threats and were severely beaten by angry mobs.
		Lewis' experience at that point was already widely respected--he had been arrested 24 times as a result of his activism.
	www.ibiblio.org /sncc/lewis.html (279 words)

	John Lewis (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement as president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
		Lewis became nationally known after his prominent role on the march to Selma, when police beat the nonviolently marching Lewis mercilessly in public, leaving head wounds that are still visible today.
		Lewis is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc..
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Lewis_(civil_rights_leader) (217 words)

	Meet John Lewis \| John Lewis for Congress
		Lewis was arrested more that 40 times, attacked by angry mobs, and severely beaten by the police, often for simply sitting in seats reserved for white patrons.
		Serving as the president of the SNCC from 1963 to 1966, John Lewis was recognized as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement along with the Rev. Dr.
		Lewis went on to become the Director of the Voter Education Project (VEP) and under his leadership, the VEP transformed the nation's political climate by adding nearly four million minorities to the voter rolls.
	www.johnlewisforcongress.com /bio (1023 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Among Atlanta's nicknames is "the phoenix city", as its rise from the ashes of the Civil War resembles that of a mythical phoenix.
		One of its most important features however is the fact that it was one of the major centers of the American civil rights movement in the 1960s.
		Meetings with other civil rights leaders, including Hosea Williams and current Congressman John Lewis, often happened at Paschal's, a diner and motor inn which was a favorite for "colored" people, banned from "white" restaurants in an era of racial segregation and intolerance.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/a/at/atlanta__georgia.html (2776 words)

	Interview With Congressman John Lewis
		John Lewis: When I was growing up, we would sometimes visit the little town of Troy [Alabama].
		John Lewis: When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr.
		John Lewis: I was 23 years old, and I had just been elected the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the major civil rights groups.
	teacher.scholastic.com /researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/lewis.htm (478 words)

	Notes From Atlanta
		This civil rights leader has maintained his legacy and shall always be a respected man. Speaking at Howard University, Lewis blasted Bush on his eagerness to engage in war and to forget about the Americans that need help.
		Lewis was shouting as he accused Bush of using the war to distract us from our countries problems during the coming elections.
		This is not the civil rights leader, but his son who has used his name to line his pockets and deceive people.
	blogs.salon.com /0001490/2002/09/29.html (490 words)

	Civil rights leader Lewis will speak at inaugural Stokes Symposium
		John Lewis from the U.S. House of Representatives' Fifth District in Georgia will be the guest speaker for the inaugural Louis Stokes Symposium on Social Issues and the Community at CWRU.
		In 1981 Lewis was elected to the Atlanta City Council, and in 1986 to the U.S. Congress.
		Now in his eighth term, Lewis is one of the highest-ranking fls in Congress as the chief deputy Democratic whip and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, where he serves on the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight.
	www.cwru.edu /pubs/cnews/2001/11-15/stokes.htm (563 words)

	Portland State \| News \| National Civil Rights Leader to Address PSU Graduates in Spring, 2004
		As a student, John Lewis organized sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tenn. In 1961, he volunteered to participate in the Freedom Rides, which were organized to challenge segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South.
		Lewis was also one of the planners and a keynote speaker at the historic "March on Washington" in August 1963.
		Lewis was born the son of sharecroppers in 1940 outside of Troy, Ala., where he grew up and attended segregated public schools.
	www.pdx.edu /news/2680 (670 words)

	Atlanta, Georgia - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In 1864, the city became the target of a major Union invasion in the American Civil War and scene of the Battle of Peachtree Creek and the Battle of Atlanta, later immortalized in the novel and film Gone With the Wind.
		The fall of Atlanta is seen as a critical point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, leading to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln and the eventual surrender of the Confederacy.
		One of Atlanta's most important features is the fact that it was one of the major centers of the American civil rights movement in the 1960s.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Atlanta,_Georgia (3089 words)

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		John Lewis was the chairperson of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) formed in Raleigh, North Carolina (1960?).
		In 1960, the day after John Kennedy was elected, Lewis sat in at the Krystal Diner in Nashville and a waitress poured cleansing powder down his back and water over his food; after eating, he went to talk to the manager, who turned a fumigating machine on him.
		Modestly, quietly, maintaining his poise and good judgement under harsh circumstances, Lewis was onr of the people who risked their lives many times to make the civil rights revolution happen.
	www.expectingrain.com /dok/who/l/lewisjohn.html (1010 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis discussed his experience with racial discrimination and civil rights as well as his philosophy on non-violence as he delivered the fourth annual Paul B. Henry lecture on April 17.
		The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 were just a few of the congressional measures passed to usher in a “revolution of values and ideas,” in his words.
		Lewis believes that as the “Beloved Community,” we are “one house, one family” and we must walk holding hands.
	www-stu.calvin.edu /chimes/000428/news_10.html (921 words)

	CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER JOHN LEWIS VISITS HARTFORD
		Congressman Lewis has served in the U.S. Congress since 1986 and was recognized as one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
		Larson stated: “John Lewis is often referred to as ‘the conscience of the U.S. Congress.’ He represents the living history of the struggle for civil rights and commands widespread respect for his humanitarian service.
		Lewis stated: “It was an honor to share my experiences as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement with religious and community leaders of the greater Hartford area.
	www.house.gov /larson/pr_060710.htm (356 words)

	John Lewis recalls King and shared struggles
		Lewis spoke of the fear that permeated the deep south in the days of racial segregation preceding the Civil Rights Movement and described "tasting the bitter fruits of racism" as a young boy, when he was denied a library card by the only library in the small town where he grew up.
		Lewis also talked about "growing up by sitting down," describing the sit-ins in which he and others held to the principals of nonviolence and endured humiliation and abuse while waiting to be served at whites-only lunch counters throughout the south.
		Lewis' skull was cracked in several places, reported Rawlings, and he was jailed "for standing up for what he believed in." That story and others are described in Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, a 1998 book by Lewis that Rawlings called "important" and urged people to read.
	www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.news./Chronicle/00/2.10.00/Lewis_coverage.html (900 words)

	yaledailynews.com - Lewis shares his battle for civil rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Civil rights leader John Lewis speaks on building a society free of racism to a packed house in the Law School auditorium Monday.
		Lewis, who was recognized as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement -- along with A. Phillip Randolph, Whitney Young, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Laquesha Sanders LAW '05 praised Lewis as "a speaker who can connect the past to the present." He applied the idea of nonviolence to "the rule of law and our ideas as citizens of the U.S. and of the global community," she said.
	www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=26306 (658 words)

	Library System - Howard University
		John Lewis was one of the co-sponsors of H.R. 778 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		John Lewis is a member of the Children Taskforce, a taskforce committed to improving the condition of children in America.
		Regarding the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the challenge of the right of the Mississippi delegation to be seated in the House of Representatives.
	www.howard.edu /Library/Reference/Guides/Lewis/Biography.htm (1484 words)

	Lesley University : Press Release : Speaker: Commencement : John Lewis : Civil Rights Leader
		Civil rights leader John Lewis to speak at Lesley University commencement
		Lewis was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which was largely responsible for the sit-ins and other activities of students in the civil rights struggle.
		By 1963, Lewis became one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights movement, and was a keynote speaker at the historic "March on Washington" in August that year.
	www.lesley.edu /news/press_releases/20030411commencement.html (624 words)

	Rep. John Lewis to Discuss Civil Rights Book at LC Feb. 2
		In 1961, Rep. Lewis participated in the Freedom Rides, which were organized to challenge segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South.
		During the height of the civil rights movement, from 1963 to 1966, Rep. Lewis was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which he helped form.
		After leaving SNCC in 1966, he remained active in the civil rights movement through his work as associate director of the Field Foundation and his participation in the Southern Regional Council's voter registration programs.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/1999/99-003.html (775 words)

	U.S. Mayors Articles \| Congressman John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader, Keynotes Conference African American History Month ...
		Congressman John Lewis, a distinguished civil rights leader in the 1960s who currently represents Georgia's fifth congressional district (Atlanta and parts of several surrounding counties), provided a rousing speech to Conference employees at their February 26 African American history program.
		Key leaders in the civil rights movement such as Thurgood Marshall, Daisy Bates and Roy Wilkins came to Nashville and the South to inspire Lewis and other students involved in the sit-in.
		In Closing, Lewis said "...I say to you because of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the involvement of hundreds and thousands of citizens, we have witnessed in the American South, we have witnessed in our nation what I like to call a nonviolent revolution--a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas.
	www.usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/03_08_99/lewis.htm (1134 words)

	United Negro College Fund \| About UNCF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		One of the “big six” civil rights leaders, including Whitney Young, A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Farmer and Roy Wilkins, the 23 year old was one of the youngest speakers at the March on Washington in 1963.
		Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and beaten violently, but remained committed to the fight for equal justice.
		Congressman Lewis is the recipient of the John F. Kennedy “Profiles in Courage” Award, the NAACP Spingarn Medal (its highest award), and holds honorary degrees and awards from colleges including Spelman College, Princeton College, Duke University, Georgetown University and Harvard University.
	www.uncf.org /webfeature/archives/JohnLewis.asp (488 words)

	Roberts: A Troubling Record on Voting Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Roberts described a Supreme Court decision that broadened the rights of individuals to sue states for civil rights violations as causing "damage" to administration policies, and he urged that legislation be drafted to reverse it.
		Roberts also wrote a memo arguing that it was constitutionally acceptable for Congress to strip the Supreme Court of its ability to hear broad classes of civil rights cases.
		You concluded that Section II of the Voting Rights Act was, quote, 'constitutionally suspect and contrary to the most fundamental tenets of the legislative process on which the laws of this country are based.'...
	www.kerrysharesourvalues.org /a/p/roberts_a_troubling_record_on_voting_rights.html (1167 words)

	CampusProgress.org \| Speakers: Rep. John Lewis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		From 1963 to 1966, Lewis was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
		Lewis later served as: Associate Director of the Field Foundation; Director of the Voter Education Project (VEP); director, appointed by President Carter, of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency; and member, Atlanta City Council.
		Lewis holds a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University, and he is a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary.
	www.campusprogress.org /speakers/476/speakers-rep-john-lewis (264 words)

	Atlanta Daily World
		John Lewis, a civil rights leader, is part of a task force trying to do just that.
		Lewis says he is disappointed that it has taken five years after Congress acted for the task force to be assembled.
		The use of slaves in the United States was shameful enough, Lewis said, but slaves hired by the government in a project to promote the principles of freedom is ``unthinkable.'' If the government hasn't noticed the omission of their story on Capitol tours, Lewis says students from his Atlanta district certainly have.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14861476&BRD=1077&PAG=461&dept_id=237827&rfi=6 (857 words)

	Biography, Civil Rights Movement (1960s), Nonviolence, African American History, United States History
		Lewis continued his commitment to human rights with words and action from his home base in the South, straight to the nation's capital.
		John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement, written by Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson and illustrated by Benny Andrews, introduces young readers to Lewis, born into an Alabama sharecropping family and, since 1986, a U.S. representative from Georgia.
		The opening sentence, 'John Lewis was born at a time when the winds of change were blowing, just waiting for someone to catch them and hold on long enough for everyone to feel the breeze,' draws us into the excitement of his coming dramatic actions.
	www.leeandlow.com /books/johnlewis.html (1768 words)

	Oglethorpe University : News : Press Releases : 2006 : 03/13/06 : Congressman John Lewis To Speak At Oglethorpe
		Lewis, who urges students to find their passion and make their voice heard, will discuss current issues in civil rights.
		Lewis, representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District, is a prominent civil rights leader and social activist.
		Although as a child he was often told “Don’t get in trouble and don’t get in the way,” Lewis works to protect human rights and civil liberties to build a “Beloved Community” in America.
	www.oglethorpe.edu /news/press_releases/2006/03'13'06-congressman_john_lewis_to_speak_at_oglethorpe.asp?print=Y (146 words)

	The Big Six: John Lewis and His Contemporaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		John Lewis is arrested and taken to jail.
		John Lewis was first elected to the House of Representatives (D-GA) in 1986 after serving for four years on the Atlanta city council.
		Civil Rights leader Hosea Williams died in 2000.
	www.founders.howard.edu /Reference/Webliographies/JohnLewis/BigSixFiles/index.htm (2021 words)

	AHA’s Roosevelt-Wilson Award to Be Conferred on Representative John Lewis
		In honoring Representative Lewis, the AHA is recognizing in particular his unstinting efforts to establish a national museum of African American history and culture and for the key support he extended in Congress to history programs in the National Park Service.
		John Lewis, who was born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County, Alabama.
		John Lewis holds a BA in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk University, and he is a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary.
	www.historians.org /perspectives/issues/2006/0611/0611new1.cfm (688 words)

	We Shall Overcome -- The Players
		The significant gains of the civil rights movement were won by people, not processes.
		Congress passed and President Johnson signed the century's two most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation--the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
		Johnson advocated civil rights even though he knew it would cost the Democratic Party the South in the next presidential election, and for the foreseeable future.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/civilrights/players.htm (984 words)

	Civil rights leader Lewis will speak at inaugural Stokes Symposium
		John Lewis from the U.S. House of Representatives' Fifth District in Georgia will be the guest speaker for the inaugural Louis Stokes Symposium on Social Issues and the Community at Case Western Reserve University.
		In 1981 Lewis was elected to the Atlanta City Council, and in 1986 to the U.S. Congress.
		Now in his eighth term, Lewis is one of the highest-ranking fls in Congress as the chief deputy Democratic whip and a member of the Ways and Means Committee, where he serves on the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight.
	www.case.edu /pubaff/univcomm/stokes.htm (553 words)

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