Civil Rights in America: The Struggle and The Dream
John Lewis
Sunday, 05 Feb 1989 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Congressman Lewis was chairman of SNCC , the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee, an organization of college students responsible for sit-ins and other student activities in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's. He has been jailed more than 40 times for participation in peaceful demonstrations. Elected to Congress from Atlanta in 1986, he serves on the House committee for Interior and Insular Affairs and the committee for Public Works and Transportation. Planned in honor of the passage of the 25th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.Part of the National Affairs Series - Civil Rights in America: The Struggle and the Dream. Previously known as the Institute on National Affairs
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