Representative John Lewis passed away last month at the age of eighty. Lewis was known for his work as a Civil Rights activist in the 1960's, and continued to champion issues of racial justice until the end of his life. Delois "Dee" McKinley, the host of W89.1 WBOI's Gospel Flight, was fifteen years old when she started volunteering for the Voters League in her home town of Bessemer, Alabama. By March of 1963 she joined the ranks of students who were participating in demonstrations for Civil Rights in neighboring Alabama cities, following the messages and examples of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Bevels and other leaders of that day. This momentum would lead McKinley to march with the young and determined activist John Lewis, and she continued to follow his example when she came to Fort Wayne in 1969. For an in-depth look at this remarkable journey, and the impact it would have on the dedicated change-maker as well as the community she served, WBOI'S Julia Meek invited Dee into the studio to discuss the path of social justice she set out on after learning it under, as she calls it, "the tutelage of John Lewis." This conversation all begins with McKinley's recollections of the historic demonstrations that began in 1963, leading up to the infamous Selma to Montgomery March in 1965, known as Bloody Sunday. WBOI Artcentric is brought to you by WBOI’s own Julia Meek and Ben Clemmer. Our theme music is “Me voy pal campo” by KelsiCote. Our administrative assistants are Keegan Lee and Brittany Smith. Our production assistants are Monica Blankenship and Mikaela Veltum.