Title: John Lewis address, "March for Jobs and Freedom" Speaker: John Lewis Delivered On: 1963-08-28 Place: Washington DC Subject: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963. Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th Century. Audio/Video Available: Listen Transcript/Log: View Transcript/log Description: John Lewis was a radical among the civil rights leadership. His address, remarked the historian Taylor Branch, expressed "scolding, cold-eyed idealism." John Lewis, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), addressed the largest civil rights gathering at the Lincoln Memorial. His fiery oratory proved unsettling to march organizers References: