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John Lewis

by Matt Doeden
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John Lewis was known as one of the most courageous leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired as a boy by the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis would go on to spend more than fifty years fighting for equal rights. Lewis used nonviolent protest methods, participated in sit-ins, helped organize the March on Washington, and led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1986 Lewis won a seat in US Congress, which he occupied for three decades. Walk with Lewis from a tenant farm in Alabama, across the segregated southern United States, and into Washington, DC, where he worked for equality for all Americans.
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Series: Gateway Biographies Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

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  • Release date: January 1, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781541520639
  • Release date: January 1, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781541512399
  • File size: 2406 KB
  • Release date: January 1, 2018
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural Politics

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English

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Lexile® Measure:870
Text Difficulty:4-5

John Lewis was known as one of the most courageous leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired as a boy by the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis would go on to spend more than fifty years fighting for equal rights. Lewis used nonviolent protest methods, participated in sit-ins, helped organize the March on Washington, and led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1986 Lewis won a seat in US Congress, which he occupied for three decades. Walk with Lewis from a tenant farm in Alabama, across the segregated southern United States, and into Washington, DC, where he worked for equality for all Americans.
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural Politics