at the 1963 March on Washington (see History, below). Then the 23-year-old chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis is now the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district
“We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of. For hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here. For they are receiving starvation wages, or no wages at all.”
Click here for a brief video of Lewis recalling his speech at the March on Washington
“We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of. For hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here. For they are receiving starvation wages, or no wages at all.”
Click here for a brief video of Lewis recalling his speech at the March on Washington