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John Lewis in search of the beloved community

"For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indomitable courage, and determination to get into "good trouble." In this first book-length biography...

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Main Author: Arsenault, Raymond (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024].
Series:Black lives series.
Subjects:
Lewis, John, > 1940-2020.
Civil rights workers > Biography.
African American legislators > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics, Practical.
Civil rights.
African Americans.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: in search of the beloved community
  • "The boy from Troy"
  • Nashville
  • In the movement
  • Riding to freedom
  • Mississippi bound
  • SNCC on the march
  • "Bombingham" and freedom summer
  • Atlantic City and Africa
  • Selma and bloody Sunday
  • Leaving SNCC
  • Transition and tragedy
  • Voting rights and the new south
  • Sweet home Atlanta
  • Mr. Lewis goes to Washington
  • Keeping the dream alive
  • Politics and remembrance
  • The conscience of Congress
  • Good trouble
  • Perilous times
  • Epilogue.

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