| Description |
496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part one. Coming up -- "That was some hard times" -- A small world, a safe world -- Pilot light -- Part two. Nashville -- "The boy from Troy" -- Soul force -- "Nigras, nigras everywhere!" -- Part three. Freedom ride -- "This is the students" -- Last supper -- Mr. Greyhound -- Part four. Snick -- Rise up the rug -- "We march today" -- "Keep your stick down" -- Part five. "Uhuru" -- "Feel angry with me" -- Freedom fighters -- Into Selma -- Part six. Going down -- Bloody Sunday -- De-election -- "Why?" -- Part seven. Home -- The new South -- Old ghosts -- Onward. |
| 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, of comradeship in that community, of its battles and triumphs."--Jacket. |
| Awards |
Lillian Smith Book Award, 1998 |
| Subject |
Lewis, John, 1940-2020.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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African American legislators -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
D'Orso, Michael, author.
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| ISBN |
0684810654 (hc) |
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9780684810652 (hc) |
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9781476797717 (pbk.) |
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1476797714 (pbk.) |
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0156007088 |
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