Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
John Lewis and Michael D’Orso
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1965 · Selma and Montgomery, Alabama
John Lewis & the Selma voting-rights campaign
Civil rights & equality
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John Lewis and other voting-rights marchers were attacked by law enforcement on Bloody Sunday in Selma. Images of the violence drew national attention to Black Americans’ exclusion from voting. Lewis’s memoir and documentary place Selma within his longer commitment to nonviolent organizing and public service.
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
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John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
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The Boy from Troy: How Dr. King Inspired a Young John Lewis
John Lewis remembers the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. on his decision to join the civil-rights movement. Listen to his recollections and read the accompanying transcript.
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1965: Voting Rights Act
The Selma campaign and the nationally witnessed violence helped hasten passage of the Voting Rights Act. The law grew from a broad movement; it was not the achievement of one person alone.
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