How Did John Lewis Affect The Civil Rights Movement

John Lewis was a major part of the “Big Six” civil rights movement. And helped the way of discrimination to stop. 1 reasons is the amount of events john Lewis was apart of. Second reason is that he is the last one out of the big six. John Robert Lewis was born on February 21 1940, he had a very happy childhood. John Lewis was born in a little town in Alabama, called Troy . He was mostly privileged as a child John Lewis grew up on a family farm. But John did attend a segregated school in Pike County Alabama. One day John was inspired by what he heard on the radio about the bus boycott and the words of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. After that he decided to be apart of the civil rights movement. And that's where we get to the part about the march

“He and Hosea Williams led 600 marchers across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in March 1965. The protesters were then attacked by Alabama state troopers in a confrontation that sparked national outrage and was dubbed Bloody Sunday.”This is the big six. Was a term used to describe the most important African American men during the time of the civil rights movement. All these men were responsible for most events during the time. For example, they were responsible for the march on Washington. Here are the list of the men that were apart of the Big Six. Asa Philip Randolph;Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. James Farmer Jr. John Lewis Whitney Young, Jr.Roy Wilkins. John Lewis was in the Big six, everyone has part to make the big six what it was. But right now let's just focus on what John Lewis did and what he was. John Lewis was the student of the nonviolent coordinating committee. This means he was in charge of making plans to keep the United States nonviolent."Do we have the courage? Do we have the raw courage to at least make a down payment on ending gun violence in America.” John Lewis said this, this is the reason he was the reason he was apart of the Big six to stop the violent ness between blacks and