About this book
"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.
Subjects
Juvenile literatureBiographyAfrican American civil rights workersLegislatorsCivil rightsAfrican American legislatorsCivil rights movementsCivil rights workersAfrican AmericansHistoryStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)United StatesUnited States. Congress. HouseUnited states, congressUnited states, congress, juvenile literatureLegislators, united statesAfrican americans, biographyAfrican americans, biography, juvenile literatureCivil rights workers, juvenile literatureAfrican americans, civil rightsLewis, john llewellyn, 1880-1969Statesmen, juvenile literature