John Lewis Selma

John Lewis Selma
A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" leaders who were chairman of activist groups organizing the 1963 March on Washington, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Feb 18, 2026
Read the transcript of John Lewis's testimony before a federal court in 1965, after he was beaten by state troopers during the march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights. See photos of the march and the violence that became known as "Bloody Sunday".
In 1965 John R. Lewis and other peaceful protestors were brutally attacked by state troopers during a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. This event, which became known as "Bloody Sunday," played a pivotal role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. For over two decades, Representative Lewis led a congressional pilgrimage to Selma—and other cities across ...
Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1965, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama Twenty- five-year-old John Lewis, clad in a gray trench coat and wearing a shirt and tie, walked steadily toward Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. Behind him, some 600 nonviolent protesters marched solemnly, two to a row. The scuffling of their shoes on the pavement serving as the sound track to the procession. Young Lewis and ...
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But Selma remains a crucial milestone. "Before Selma, many people considered voting rights an African-American problem, and didn't concern themselves with it," says Sharon Dunn of the New York Historical Society. "The Selma march changed that." Lewis continues to hold on to the promise of Selma.
On March 7, 1965, when then-25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and faced brutal attacks by oncoming state troopers, footage of ...
On March 7, 1965, John Lewis, Hosea Williams, Bob Mants, and Albert Turner led some 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama toward Montgomery. As they descended the bridge and approached the county line, the marchers were attacked by state troopers and possemen with billy clubs, tear gas, and homemade weapons. Hundreds were injured, including Lewis, whose skull was ...
In 1961, John Lewis became one of the first 13 Freedom Riders. These were people who rode buses together to challenge unfair laws. He was also one of the "Big Six" leaders. These leaders organized the famous 1963 March on Washington. In 1965, Lewis became well-known for his important role in the Selma to Montgomery marches.
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John Lewis, a stalwart of the civil rights movement, risked his life to combat racism. Opposition to racial segregation was sparked by the beating he received in 1965 at the hands of Alabama state troopers. The Freedom Rides, the 1963 March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery Marches are just a few of the landmark events in the Civil Rights movement that he led and assisted in planning ...
In this image from 1965, a young John Lewis is beaten by state troopers during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. He was 25 years...
The late John Lewis returned to Selma, Alabama, every year to commemorate "Bloody Sunday," the March 7, 1965, melee in which he and others were attacked by police batons as they attempted to march to Montgomery, the state capital, to demand voting rights.
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The law became one of the most transformative civil rights measures in American history. For John Lewis, the violence of Selma did not mark the end of his journey—it marked a new beginning. He continued his activism throughout the late 1960s and beyond, eventually turning toward electoral politics as another means of advancing justice.
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John Lewis lies in state at Alabama State Capitol From Selma, Lewis will go on to Montgomery, where there will be a receiving ceremony before he will lie in state at the Capitol from 3-8 p.m. Sunday.
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A Final Return To Selma - Rep. John Lewis joined by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Reverend Al Sharpton, Senator Elizabeth Warren and more as he speaks during march in honor of the Annual ...
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Correspondence from Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery and John Lewis 25th anniversary Selma to Montgomery March
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Feb 15, 2026
Today marks the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a pivotal event in the fight for voting rights. On March 7, 1965, approximately 600 civil rights activists, led by figures such as John Lewis and Hosea Williams, embarked on a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, advocating for African American voting rights. They were met with brutal violence from state troopers and local law ...
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In Selma, whose population is 82% Black, renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge has long been a divisive idea.
The body of Rep. John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers raised in the Alabama woods, crossed the infamous bridge in Selma on Sunday morning, where Lewis became a wounded but more determined warrior ...
Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States, in 1965 Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state troopers and police attacked Lewis and the other ...
John Lewis of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee is put on the ground by Alabama State troopers while Hosea Williams runs as state troopers break up civil rights voting march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama. (AP Photo) John Lewis saw the line of Alabama state troopers a few hundred yards away as he led hundreds of marchers to...
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The Washington Post ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST AND COSMOPOLITAN 'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was a visionary and a man of faith.
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Rep. John Lewis (D - Ga.) was seriously injured in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. exactly 50 years ago this weekend- and the scars are still visible. Now, on the ...
SELMA, Ala. — On a different Sunday in Selma, this one more than five decades ago, John Lewis was a 25-year-old activist wearing a long tan coat and carrying a backpack, helping to marshal hundreds of demonstrators across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They were bombarded by clouds of tear gas and swarmed by state troopers wielding clubs, one of which fractured Mr. Lewis's skull. Mr. Lewis, who ...
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