John Lewis

When John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama; what was the goal of the protesters?

• To integrate schools in the South

• To extend voting rights to all people

• To rally members of the SCLC

• To boycott public transportation in Atlanta

Check all of the items that John Lewis was involved with

• Sit-ins

• Freedom Riders

• SNCC

• Brown v. Board of Education

In 1963, John Lewis moved to Atlanta to become the chairman of what organization?

• SCLC

• SNCC

• NAACP

• CCC

Why was John Lewis happy to be arrested?

• He felt that it was a good thing to be thrown in jail for opposing bad laws.

• He had always wanted to see the inside of a police car.

• He thought it would make him cool.

What was John Lewis doing in 2009?

• Teaching

• Preaching

• Serving in Congress

• Retired

John Lewis ended up with a very important job. What was it?

• He was a teacher.

• He was a doctor.

• He was a member of Congress.

• He was a judge.

Where was John Lewis born?

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Florida

• Mississippi

Which university did John Lewis attend?

• Howard University

• FAMU

• Bethune Cookman

• Fisk University

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

• John Lewis

• Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

Choose 2 things that SNCC was known for...

• organizing sit-ins

• confronting and threatening segregationists

• being an active civil rights organization for young people

• organizing violent protests