John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
Jim Haskins, Kathleen BensonJohn Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
January 1, 2006Lee & Low
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"A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and one of the 'Big Six' civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday,' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Includes a note by Congressman Lewis and a timeline"--Provided by publisher.
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