After he moved to South Carolina, the local white churches refused to allow him to worship. He then converted to Judaism after a local rabbi welcomed him with open arms. McDrew read the Talmud passage, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am for myself only, what am I? If not now, when?" and felt he had a moral obligation to fight for justice.[5]
McDew was a founding participant of the John Lewis was elected to the role.[6] At one point, as chairman of SNCC, McDew was charged with criminal anarchy and high treason against the sovereign state of Louisiana.[7] McDew tells this story of his imprisonment in "Why The Others Died" on The Moth radio program that aired September 30, 2014.
He was subsequently active in organizations for social and political change, working as a teacher and as a labor organizer, managing anti-poverty programs in Boston and San Francisco, as well as other communities."[4]
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