Moye, J. Todd

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Encyclopedia article about John Lewis, a preeminent leader of the modern American civil rights movement. He has represented the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. Lewis attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary and Fisk University, both in Nashville, Tennessee. Lewis was a participant in the 1961 Freedom Ride. He was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 until 1966 and was one of the speakers at the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Lewis was also executive director of the Southern Regional Council's Voter Education Project and the associate director of ACTION, the federal agency for volunteer service. Lewis also served on the Atlanta City Council.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia