Former civil rights leader, Congressman John Lewis met with this year’s junior class about the importance of leadership.

After the scholars watched a movie about Congressman John Lewis’s life, Congressman Lewis spoke about his experiences as a young civil rights leader. He referred to the March at Selma, sit-ins, and his experiences as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a way of expressing the battles that he and many other young African American leaders faced in their efforts to battle Jim Crow segregation.

In response to several questions that were asked by the students, Congressman Lewis stated that strong leaders “find a way to get in the way” in order to make change.