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Reviewed on June 15, 2017 | Video
Director Dowdey presents the powerful story of civil rights activist, U.S. representative, and human rights champion John Lewis. Born into an Alabama sharecropper family in 1940, Lewis aspired to becoming a minister and attended a seminary in Nashville. However, Martin Luther King Jr. inspired him to participate in the civil rights movement. Lewis engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience and was arrested and beaten on mu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
