John Lewis, in full John RobertLewis, (born February 21, 1940, near Troy, Alabama, U.S.), Americancivil rights leader and politician best known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and for leading the march that was halted by police violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
He created the SNCC. He was an activist. He He participated in the Freedom Rides as a young person. He helped to lead the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He participated in sit-ins as a young person
