His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope /

"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader...

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Main Author: Meacham, Jon, (Author)
Contributors: Lewis, John, 1940-2020, (writer of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
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  • ch. One
  • A Hard Life, A Serious Life Troy, Alabama: Beginnings to 1957
  • ch. Two
  • The Spirit Of History Nashville, Tennessee: 1957
  • 60
  • ch. Three
  • Soul Force The Freedom Rides: 1961
  • ch. Four
  • In The Image Of God And Democracy Birmingham and Washington: 1963
  • ch. Five
  • We Are Going To Make You Wish You Was Dead Freedom Summer and Atlantic City: 1963
  • 64
  • ch. Six
  • I'm Going To Die Here Selma, Alabama: 1965
  • ch. Seven
  • This Country Don't Run On Love New York, Memphis, Los Angeles: 1966
  • 68.
  • Overture: the last march
  • A hard life, a serious life: Troy, Alabama: beginnings to 1957
  • The spirit of history: Nashville, Tennessee: 1957-60
  • Soul force: the freedom rides: 1961
  • In the image of God and democracy: Birmingham and Washington: 1963
  • We are going to make you wish you was dead: Freedom Summer and Atlantic City: 1963-64
  • I'm going to die here: Selma, Alabama: 1965
  • This country don't run on love: New York, Memphis, Los Angeles: 1966-68
  • Epilogue: against the rulers of the darkness.