The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black and white, who challenged segregation in a bus station.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who is African-American, recalls going into a restroom labeled for white men only. A Jackson police officer told him and other young people in the group to leave. They refused.

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