Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind, is one of our most important records of the American civil rights movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a â€œnational treasure,â€ this is a gripping first-hand account of the fight for civil rights and the courage it takes to change a nation.

In 1957, a teenaged boy named John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama for Nashville, the epicenter of the struggle for civil rights in America. Lewisâ€™s adherence to nonviolence guided that critical time and established him as one of the movementâ€™s most charismatic and courageous leaders. Lewisâ€™s leadership in the Nashville Movementâ€”a student-led effort to desegregate the city of Nashville using sit-in techniques based on the teachings of Gandhiâ€”set the tone for major civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. Lewis traces his role in the pivotal Selma marches, Bloody Sunday, and the Freedom Rides. Inspired by his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewisâ€™s vision and perseverance altered history. In 1986, he ran and won a congressional seat in Georgia, and remains in office to this day, continuing to enact change.

The late Edward M. Kennedy said of Lewis, â€œJohn tells it like it wasâ€¦Lewis spent most of his life walking against the wind of the times, but he was surely walking with the wind of history.â€
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476797717
ReleaseDate 2015-02-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476797717

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476797717
ReleaseDate	2015-02-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476797717

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

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