John Lewis Big Six Influential Leaders Of The Civil Rights Movement

Have you ever been quite certain that something was not right, that you became determined, driven, intent on changing said transgression? Many men and women in the Civil Rights Movement felt this way towards the racial injustice occurring in the United States nation. The 1960’s became a pivotal point in the progression of equal treatment in the United States of America. One prominent leader that emerged during this movement befalls upon John Lewis. He came from small beginnings and from that became a crucial leader in the Civil Rights Movement, who struggled through copious amounts of strife. A man who created a large footprint in the development of our nation. John Lewis came from an area infested with racial discrimination, but despite

For one thing, John Lewis informed Americans to ask questions about the “norms” in our society. That if we witness cruelty, discrimination, injustice, “Why is that? Am I apart of this? Am I willing to do something about it? Are there sacrifices I’m willing to make to change it?”(Netflix) This is a very arduous achievement, necessary to achieve the change you want to see in the world. That if enough people group together and walk, sing, pray, and show that injustice we can become the nation aware and acting upon their dilemmas (Netflix). Enough people to stop and say, “That’s not right.” Lewis, and many others, aside from getting us to ask questions, pathed the way for many minority groups and people, specifically Barack Obama, to lead, a quote on quote, normal life, or hold office. After Obama’s election John Lewis stated, “When we were organizing voter-registration drives, going on the Freedom Rides, sitting in, coming here to Washington for the first time, getting arrested, going to jail, being beaten. I never thought---I never dreamed---of the possibility that an African-American would one day be elected president of the United States.” (Biography.com editors) Mr. Lewis has truly left an imprint/outline on how Americans’ should be willing to stand up for what they