What John Lewis Carried Across the Bridge
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis tucked an apple, a toothbrush, and two books into his backpack before walking to the Edmund Pettus Bridge...
This is a contemporary on sacrifice and courage, drawing on Romans 8:17.
On March 7, 1965, twenty-five-year-old John Lewis tucked an apple, a toothbrush, and two books into his backpack before walking to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. He did not pack for a picnic. He packed for jail. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis knew what awaited the six hundred marchers he and Hosea Williams were leading toward Montgomery to demand voting rights.…
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