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John Lewis Travis Clayton
• Born:February,21,1940.
• Still living.
• He was born in Troy, Alabama
• He was a civil Rights leader in the 60’s.
• He was also a very influential politician.
• He got involved in the movement in about 1965.
• He is the third son of Eddie and Willie Mae Lewis.
• He was educated at the Pike county training school.
• He participated in Freedom rides to help stop segregation on buses.
He participated in freedom rides to stop segregation on buses.
• He was detained for forty days for being involved in a freedom riders activity.
• He was also beaten by the Ku Klux Klan.
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