for the sake of unity can we make these changes? and i couldn t say no to dr. king and we made the changes. let s not forget we re involved in an era of social revolution. even with the compromises john lewis s speech on april 28, 1963 was fierce, though you have a forgotten in the shadow of dr. king s dream. we don t want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. in the years after the march on washington, lewis and snick concentrated on registering black voters. the idea is we got more people participating in government and bringing about changes, if we got more people registered to vote so they could practice their fundamental rights. in mississippi during the summer of 1964, the students tried to register voters, with violent repercussions. and in selma, alabama nick