John Lewis
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John Robert Lewis was an American civil rights activist and statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 202
Official portrait, 2006
Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. Lewis is fourth from left.
Leaders of the March on Washington, 1963. Lewis is second from right.
Lewis in 1964
Stokely Carmichael
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Kwame Ture was a Trinidadian and American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he moved
John Lewis
…headquarters. Lewis bore scars on his head from this incident for the rest of his life. Lewis served as SNCC chairman until 1966, when he was replaced by Stokely Carmichael. In 1966, Lewis moved to New York City to take a job as the associate director of the Field Foundation of New York. He was there a little over a year…
Ture in 1966
Carmichael at a 1966 press conference in Mississippi