"Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, John Lewis is considered an American hero and an icon of the civil rights movement"--
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ISBN: 1518294669
ISBN: 9781518294662
ISBN: 0593658523
ISBN: 9780593658529
ISBN: 0593658515
ISBN: 9780593658512
Physical Description:106 pages : black and white illustrations, black and white portraits ; 20 cm.print
Publisher:New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023, ℗♭2023.
Copyright:℗♭2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 106) and timelines.
Formatted Contents Note: Who was John Lewis? -- An early calling -- A young man with a mission -- The cost of freedom -- The power of peaceful protests -- Plunging into politics -- A mission guided by Martin -- The activist turned author -- The end of a life of good trouble -- Timelines.