Who Is John Lewis Freedom Rider

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Of all these members some are still active today. One of the more famous ones is John Lewis, he was not only a famous freedom rider bit were also dubbed "one of the big six leaders of the civil tights movement. The others being people like Martin Luther king or James farmer. He started of at a Young age, during high school at cafeterias and such places. A different thing about this man is his political activity after freedom riders. that job started as a advacate for ethics in goverment and nighborhood preservation. John was later elected into congress for the democrats. A notable thing he has done is introducing a law called the religous freedom peace tax found. This was created as a way for americans to protest against war and it is a special

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