The Race John Lewis Refused to Quit
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent...
This is a contemporary on sacrifice and courage, drawing on Hebrews 12:1-2.
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he and Hosea Williams led six hundred marchers toward Montgomery to demand voting rights. Lewis had packed a backpack with two books, an apple, and a toothbrush — the essentials for a jail cell.…
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