Answer:
In 2011, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Obama addressed Lewis as the "conscience of the United States Congress," for his courage and unwavering commitment to justice.
Step-by-step explanation:
John Lewis was getting something inside his head, an idea he couldn't shake that took hold of him — that nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience were the means to change laws, but also change hearts, and change minds, and change nations, and change the world. So he helped organize the Nashville campaign in 1960.