He was the bridge John Lewis, the vital link from MLK to BLM
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John Robert Lewis took the stage on Aug. 28, 1963, at the March on Washington, just 23, youngest of the Big Six civil rights leaders speaking, already a veteran of sit-ins, beatings and jailings as an original Freedom Rider. As chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, many saw him as too radical.
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