Established in 2005, the car club “Corvette of Choice” (COC) has lived up to its motto “To be actively involved in the community and help those who are less fortunate than Themselves.” This non-profit organization delights in being involved and making a positive difference in the community, and their beautiful cars are used as a tool to reach those in nee
In 1965, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led what was planned as a peaceful 54-mile march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. The march, a protest of the discriminatory practices and Jim Crow laws that prevented African Americans from voting, would be remembered in history as “Bloody Sunday,” one of the most dramatic and violent incidents of the American Civil Rights Movement.
“I can remember at a NAMAD banquet there were two tables, maybe three at a conference of minority dealers,” he said. “But I watched it grow to the level that it is today with many and, to be in a position within General Motors and to assist the industry and see it grow, has been gratifying,” he said.