John Lewis: Witness to History

Follow in the awe-inspiring footsteps of one of the most influential activists in America’s civil rights movement.

Overview

Course No. 90091

Get to know John Lewis, one of the most influential activists in the civil rights movement, and trace the pivotal points of America’s evolving social history through his actions.

Video Lessons

01: John Lewis: Witness to History

Starting with his early life in a sharecropper family, follow how John Lewis grew up in a deeply segregated environment and how that shaped his beliefs and actions. Learn about the demonstrations and protests he was involved in, the risks he took, and his work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Discover his role as one of the 13 original Freedom Riders and as a featured speaker in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Learn about his service in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2020. Duration: 29 min