Title Work

Title No: 559

Title: Interview with John Lewis

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound; Video

Date: 14 May  1979 (Created)

Interview with John Lewis conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize.  Discussion centers on the sit-ins in Nashville, the philosophy of non-violence, the Freedom Rides, his role in SNCC, and the March on Washington.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 1 hr 1 min 53 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963; Nonviolence; Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations; Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville; Freedom Rides, 1961; Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville

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