Other Facts: Lewis's skull was fractured on Bloody Sunday. By
his own count, he was arrested more than 40 times during his
days of civil rights activism. Timeline: 1959-1960 - Organizes
student sit-in demonstrations in the Nashville, Tennessee, area.
May 1961 - Volunteers as a Freedom Rider, challenging bus and
rail segregation laws. 1963-1966 - Chairman of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). August 28, 1963 -
Keynote speaker at the March on Washington. March 7, 1965 -
Helps organize a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama, and is among 600 demonstrators attacked by police. This
day becomes known as Bloody Sunday. March 21-25, 1965 - Joins
over 3,000 demonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, this
time under the protection of federal troops. The size of the
group reaches 25,000 by the time they reach Montgomery. 1966 -
Co-founds the Southern Coordinating Committee to End the War in
Vietnam. 1966-1967 - Associate director of the Field Foundation.