John Lewis in the lead
Subtitle: a story of the civil rights movement
By: Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson ; illustrations by Benny Andrews.
Contributors: Benson, Kathleen.; Andrews, Benny, 1930- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584302506
Subjects: Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- -- Juvenile literature; United States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: "A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and one of the 'Big Six' civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday,' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Includes a note by Congressman Lewis and a timeline"--Provided by publisher.