Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and U.S. representative from Georgia's 5th District, will deliver the fifth annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture and receive the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor Monday, April 10, at 11:30 a.m. at Royce Hall.
Lewis has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1986. He is senior chief deputy whip and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He was an architect of the March on Washington in 1963 and a leader of three seminal civil rights marches in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. One of those marches became known as Blood Sunday after Alabama state troopers brutally attacked peaceful protestors.
Tyrone Howard, a UCLA professor of education, will moderate the Q&A.
The Doby Lecture series was established by UCLA's Academic Advancement Program in 2013 to honor its first director, Winston Doby (1940-2011). Doby devoted more than 40 years to UCLA and the University of California system, advocating for access and social justice in higher education for all students.
Tickets to attend the event are all sold out for faculty and staff, but still available for students at the Central Ticket office or by calling (310) 825-2101. The event can be seen live on the UCLA Facebook page.
The event is sponsored by UCLA Academic Advancement Program and UCLA College Development.
