"After marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma as a young man, John Lewis went on to become a legendary leader for civil rights alongside other giants of the movement like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth."
- Kay IveyA pivotal player in the American Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis was renowned for his unwavering dedication to equality and justice. Growing up in rural Alabama in a large sharecropping family, Lewis encountered many difficulties but was motivated by the nonviolent resistance advocated by leaders …