John Lewis March Analysis

Practically every accomplishment in history has starts with an inkling, which was exploited to gain support and approval. For instance, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech pinpointed that he imagined that racial equality would be achieved, but even to this day his dream has not become a complete reality. The fulfillments of dreams are solely dependent on the broadness and complexity of the topic. In the book “March”, John Lewis encountered many personal, and collective obstacles that he could only envision would change with the appropriate step in the right direction. The references to wishes, the spirit of history, and dreams provided him with many avenues to achieve his objectives, navigated his perspective on issues,
Likewise, Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream that discrimination and racial inequality would cease, so he implemented an abundant amount of non-violent events to support his ideology and to make his dream a reality. In “March”, John Lewis replicated Dr. King’s pursuit of his dreams by implementing sit-ins to fulfill his dream of all races being able to sit beside one another with the equal service. For instance, in the beginning of the book, John Lewis and his counterparts were not able to sit at downtown restaurants, but due to the actions taken by John Lewis such as the sit-ins and the boycotts, six downtown Nashville stores allowed for African-American customers to be served. The visions that John Lewis endured ultimately led to him taking the necessary precautions to make it become a
For example, John Lewis stated (p.73): “Looking back, it must’ve been the spirit of history taking hold of my life. Because in Nashville I’d meet people who opened my eyes to a sense of values that would forever dominate my moral philosophy.” This quote pinpoints his understanding of why certain events happen and expresses John Lewis’ confidence that things will play out for the best. Besides, he expressed (p.87): “We were close to ready though no definite date had yet been set for our first sit-in. As fate or the spirit of history would have it, someone else made the move for us.” This quote portrays to us that even though the sit-in had not been ready; he kept his confidence and sooner than later, there was a sparked that rejuvenated his initiative of orchestrating acts of non-violence to change the current improprieties being