Title Work

Title No: 557

Title: Interview with John Lewis

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound

Date: 6 Nov  1985 (Created)

Interview with Senator John Lewis conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama, his friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., the relationship between SCLC and SNCC, his view on the philosophy of nonviolence, and his involvement in the March on Washington. 

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 52 min 1 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963; Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.); Nonviolence; Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama, 1965

Name As Subjects: Lewis, John; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); Randolph, A. Philip; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; King, Martin Luther Jr.