Walking with the wind : a memoir of the movement

Lewis, John, 1940- (Author). D'Orso, Michael. (Added Author).

Summary:

Congressman John Lewis recounts his life, which began in rural poverty in Alabama, and included leadership of the movement to desegregate Nashville, a speech at the 1963 March on Washington, chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and election to the U.S. Congress from Georgia in 1986. "John Lewis tells his story of struggle in the civil rights movement, or fomradeship in that community, of its battles and triumphs."--Jacket.

Item details

ISBN: 9780684810652 (hc)
ISBN: 0684810654 (hc)
Physical Description: 496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c1998.
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Contents / Notes

General Note:	Includes index.
Awards Note:	Lillian Smith Book Award, 1998

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Lewis, John 1940 February 21-
Legislators United States Biography
African American legislators Biography
United States. Congress. House Biography
Civil rights workers United States Biography
African American civil rights workers Biography
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Biography
African Americans Civil rights
Civil rights movements Southern States History 20th century
Lewis, John Robert 1940 Feb. 21-
United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Erlebnisbericht
USA

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Authors, American > Georgia > Atlanta.

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