Born in alabama in 1940
participated in the freedom rides of the 1960s
leader of the student nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc)
beaten during the "bloody sunday" protest in selma in 1965
who is being described here?
a) john lewis
b) andrew young
c) maynard jackson
d) martin luther king, jr.

Option A

Explanation:

The person described is John Lewis. He was born in Troy, Alabama. He studied in a public school for colour' people. During his school years, he dedicated his life to make aware about the injustices that colour people were living at that time. He started to participate in the Freedom Riders in 1961. He was also the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization that was involved in many movements against racial segregation. The "Bloody Sunday" protest occurred in Selma in 1965 in repudiation to the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson (he was protecting his family from an attack of mounted police). Many people were injured and among them was John Lewis. When he left the SNCC, due to internal problems, he dedicated to politics to the present.

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.

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