Turning Points in John Lewis’ Life
Segregation was different from the city of Buffalo and the state of Alabama which disappointed John Lewis, one of the authors of March. He could see that colored people in Buffalo had more freedom and could be white people’s neighbors without the whites making a big deal about it. John Lewis’ could see the differences and knew that it all had to change. It only took him a trip to Buffalo, at a young age, to realize how poorly they were being treated in the South. So, when he came back from his trip to Buffalo, he started looking at most things from a different perspective. Lewis knew it wasn’t right that the whites and colored people were segregated and that segregation needed to end in the Southern states. …show more content…
It all started off by him taking care of the chickens and caring about them. “No one else could tell those chickens apart, and no one cared to” (Lewis and Aydin 1:23). Shows us how much dedication he puts into what he is doing. It also shows that him being able to tell them apart means he didn’t show one type of chicken more love than the others or treated them better because of how they looked. One of the groups that he got involved with was the nonviolence workshop. These workshops prepared them for their nonviolent protest at sit-ins and theaters because of how harsh they were to each other. “We each tried to do everything we could to test ourselves, to break each other’s spirits” (Lewis and Aydin 1:81). Them doing this prepared them for their journey to desegregate sit-ins and theaters without them retaliating to the white people. If they wouldn’t have kept their cool then the nonviolent protest wouldn’t have been so nonviolent. Also, then the whites would see the colored people as violent angry people that just want to start fights over how they were being treated. The nonviolent workshops helped desegregate sit-ins and theaters but Lewis was not satisfied. This lead him to apply to join the Freedom Riders which he was accepted to join. This might have been the most dangerous of the groups he got involved with …show more content…
He wanted the south to be like it was in Buffalo, just wanting equality for all races. His involvement and dedication to the Nonviolence workshops and the Freedom Riders showed how bad he wanted segregation to end. Many people if they would have gotten arrested once they would have given up but it did not stop Lewis and others, they continued their marches and protest until they got rid segregation. If not for these protest like the sit-ins, going to the theaters, and Freedom Rides the American society would not be where it is at today and it is very disappointing to think
Segregation was different from the city of Buffalo and the state of Alabama which disappointed John Lewis, one of the authors of March. He could see that colored people in Buffalo had more freedom and could be white people’s neighbors without the whites making a big deal about it. John Lewis’ could see the differences and knew that it all had to change. It only took him a trip to Buffalo, at a young age, to realize how poorly they were being treated in the South. So, when he came back from his trip to Buffalo, he started looking at most things from a different perspective. Lewis knew it wasn’t right that the whites and colored people were segregated and that segregation needed to end in the Southern states. …show more content…
It all started off by him taking care of the chickens and caring about them. “No one else could tell those chickens apart, and no one cared to” (Lewis and Aydin 1:23). Shows us how much dedication he puts into what he is doing. It also shows that him being able to tell them apart means he didn’t show one type of chicken more love than the others or treated them better because of how they looked. One of the groups that he got involved with was the nonviolence workshop. These workshops prepared them for their nonviolent protest at sit-ins and theaters because of how harsh they were to each other. “We each tried to do everything we could to test ourselves, to break each other’s spirits” (Lewis and Aydin 1:81). Them doing this prepared them for their journey to desegregate sit-ins and theaters without them retaliating to the white people. If they wouldn’t have kept their cool then the nonviolent protest wouldn’t have been so nonviolent. Also, then the whites would see the colored people as violent angry people that just want to start fights over how they were being treated. The nonviolent workshops helped desegregate sit-ins and theaters but Lewis was not satisfied. This lead him to apply to join the Freedom Riders which he was accepted to join. This might have been the most dangerous of the groups he got involved with …show more content…
He wanted the south to be like it was in Buffalo, just wanting equality for all races. His involvement and dedication to the Nonviolence workshops and the Freedom Riders showed how bad he wanted segregation to end. Many people if they would have gotten arrested once they would have given up but it did not stop Lewis and others, they continued their marches and protest until they got rid segregation. If not for these protest like the sit-ins, going to the theaters, and Freedom Rides the American society would not be where it is at today and it is very disappointing to think