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As a child in the 1940s, Lewis rode in a hand-me-down school bus on the dirt roads that traversed "colored" communities in the South. As a grown-up, he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Congressman John Lewis--the last surviving member of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders--recounts his formative years in this first volume of a planned trilogy. The book opens on "Bloody Sunday," as troopers assail activists (including Lewis) marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. From this violently chaotic event the narrative fast-forwards to the early morning of Barack Obama's January 2009 inauguration, where Lewis shares his memories with young visitors to his congressional office. Lewis's path to nonviolence was s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Congressman John Lewis--the last surviving member of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders--recounts his formative years in this first vo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More