“When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change.”
Which congressman and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee made the statement in the box?
Responses
A Maynard JacksonMaynard Jackson
B John LewisJohn Lewis
C Jesse JacksonJesse Jackson
D Ralph Abernathy
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B John Lewis
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