| 词条 | Rufus Lewis (activist) |
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|imagesize = 150px | name=Rufus Lewis | image name= | state_house2=Alabama | district2=77th | term_start2=November 8, 1976 | term_end2=October 7, 1977 | preceded2= | succeeded2=Charles Langford | birth_date={{birth date|1906|11|30}} | birth_place=Montgomery, Alabama | death_date={{death date and age|1999|8|19|1906|11|30}} | death_place=Montgomery, Alabama | spouse= | alma_mater=Fisk University | profession= Businessman | religion=Christian | party=Democratic |}} Rufus Lewis (November 30, 1906 – August 19, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and politician. Life and careerLewis was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from Fisk University in 1931 with a degree in business administration. He then moved to Alabama State College in Montgomery and worked as a football coach there until the outbreak of World War II. After the war ended, Lewis established classes for black Montgomery residents who wanted to pass the literacy tests they were required to complete to vote.[1] He was a member of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and a founding member of the Montgomery Improvement Association which organized the Montgomery bus boycott. He served on the organization's executive committee and was chairman of the transportation committee and the voter registration committee. At the organization's first meeting, Lewis nominated Martin Luther King Jr. as president.[2] In 1960, Lewis helped to found the Alabama Democratic Conference. He later attended the official signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at the White House. In 1976, he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives. The following year, Jimmy Carter appointed him a US Marshal.[3] Honors and awardsIn 1994, one of Montgomery's libraries was renamed Rufus A. Lewis Regional Library in his honor. The street that he and his wife lived on for many years was also changed from Bolivar Lane to Rufus A. Lewis Lane.[4] References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Troy|title=Becoming King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader|date=2008|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813125200|page=30}} {{Alabama State Hornets football coach navbox}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Rufus}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Donnie|title=The Thunder of Angels: The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the People Who Broke the Back of Jim Crow|date=2007|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=1556526768|page=184}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Levy|first1=Peter|title=The Civil Rights Movement in America: From Black Nationalism to the Women's Political Council|date=2015|publisher=AFL CIO|pages=182–4}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Gaillard|first1=Frye|title=Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom|date=2010|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=0817355812}} 8 : Politicians from Montgomery, Alabama|Activists for African-American civil rights|1906 births|1999 deaths|Alabama State Hornets football coaches|Alabama Democrats|Members of the Alabama House of Representatives|Activists from Montgomery, Alabama |
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