Good Trouble Archive
John Robert Lewis
| Arrest Date | 21 May 1961 |
| Arrest Location | Rock Hill, South Carolina |
| Charge | Freedom Rider. Charged with disturbing the peace. |
Historical Record
One of the original Freedom Riders, beaten by a white mob in Rock Hill on the second day of the ride. Lewis would be arrested forty-four more times before he died — the last time in 2013 outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. Congressman, moral compass, architect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He called it “good trouble, necessary trouble.”
Full Profile Coming
The full Good Trouble profile for John Robert Lewis — including sourced archival photography, expanded biographical history, and complete arrest record — is in development. This page will be updated as the archive grows.
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