Title: John Lewis in the lead
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, African American civil rights workers, Legislators, Civil rights, African American legislators, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, African Americans, History, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), United States, United States. Congress. House, United states, congress, United states, congress, juvenile literature, Legislators, united states, African americans, biography, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Civil rights workers, juvenile literature, African americans, civil rights, Lewis, john llewellyn, 1880-1969, Statesmen, juvenile literature
Places: United States, Southern States
People: John Lewis (1940 Feb. 21-)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: E840.8.L43 H37 2006