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John Lewis and desegregation / Gerry Boehme.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Primary sources of the civil rights movementPublisher: New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781502618689
  • 1502618680
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction: Equality and the right to vote -- An activist in the making -- The fight for rights -- Pinnacle of the civil rights movement -- Pointing the way to freedom -- Chronology -- Glossary.
Summary: "John Lewis was on the front lines of the civil rights movement, suffering a fractured skull in the voting rights march in Selma, Alabama. Courageous in the face of discrimination, he practiced nonviolence to break down the walls of segregation. This man of principle, now a representative from Georgia, has been called the conscience of the US Congress" -- Publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Lewis, J. B671 Available 33111008510873
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

John Lewis was on the front lines of the civil rights movement, suffering a fractured skull in the voting rights march in Selma, Alabama. Courageous in the face of discrimination, he practiced nonviolence to break down the walls of segregation. This man of principle, now a representative from Georgia, has been called the conscience of the US Congress.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-61) and index.

Introduction: Equality and the right to vote -- An activist in the making -- The fight for rights -- Pinnacle of the civil rights movement -- Pointing the way to freedom -- Chronology -- Glossary.

"John Lewis was on the front lines of the civil rights movement, suffering a fractured skull in the voting rights march in Selma, Alabama. Courageous in the face of discrimination, he practiced nonviolence to break down the walls of segregation. This man of principle, now a representative from Georgia, has been called the conscience of the US Congress" -- Publisher.

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