There will be a rally at the downtown square celebrating the legacy of John Lewis happening Thursday, July 17 at 4 p.m.
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble and help redeem the soul of America,” John Lewis said.
Step Up San Marcos wholeheartedly agrees with this and works tirelessly to preserve U.S. democracy. Step Up San Marcos will have a peaceful march to celebrate John Lewis’s legacy at the Downtown San Marcos Square on July 17 at 4 p.m. For more information, email us at stepupsanmarcos@gmail. com or learn more at the national organization website at goodtrouble liveson.org.
John Robert Lewis lived from February 21, 1940 to July 17, 2020 and was an American Civil Rights Activist and politician who served in the United States House Of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th District from 1987 until his death. He participated in the 1960 Nashville Sit-Ins and the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Campaign Committee from 1963 to 1966 and was one of the “Big Six” leaders who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its actions to end legalized racial segregation in the United States, in 1965, Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where — in an incident that became known as Bloody Sunday — state troopers and police attacked Lewis and the other marchers.
