Senator John Lewis

Senator John Lewis has been by dint of a lot in his lifetime, he has been arrested forty times for his acts of civil disobedience, offered his body as an tool of change, and was beaten so some(prenominal) times by the whites that he feared for his life on several occasions. In 1963 Lewis was a chairman of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Lewis was considered to be adept of the Big Six along with Martin Luther King Jr., and James sodbuster to name a few. The leaders of the SNCC and students participated in many organize counter lunch sit-ins that were racially segregated. Lewis took part in the exhibit from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965 a day that is forthwith known as Bloody Sunday. Lewis and at to the lowest degree six hundred marchers marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. utter Troopers were waiting at the bottom of the bridge, when the troopers ordered them to stop and playing period back approximately. The marchers then asked if they could kneel and pray, as soon as they asked that the troopers took charge and came at them with tear gas and night sticks, many were beaten and trampled with horses. Lewis feared for not his life but for life of others around him.

I hope that since Lewis has been through so much in his life, I think that with him becoming Senator of Georgia he leave continue to fight for not just the rights for blacks but for the rights of either race. I know that he wants everybody to be equal. Just by reading about what all he has gone through and what all he has done since then, he has good plans and sights for not only Georgia but also for the fall in States and he will do good on the upcoming years that he is in office. I think Senator Lewis doesnt view President Barack Obama as an African American president, I believe he sees Obama as any other president that has served the United States, and he is the president of all races. Senator John Lewis supports President Obama and believes that he is doing the best can, to help the people... If you want to get a full moon essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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