{"product_id":"john-lewis-david-greenberg","title":"John Lewis, David Greenberg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Congress,” drawing on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages of his life, as well as never-before-used FBI files and documents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into poverty in rural Alabama, Lewis would become second only to Martin Luther King, Jr. in his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. He was a Freedom Rider who helped to integrate bus stations in the South, a leader of the Nashville sit-in movement, the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, and the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which he made into one of the major civil rights organizations. The book reveals the little-known story of his political ascent first locally in Atlanta, and then as a member of Congress. Tapped to be a part of the Democratic leadership in Congress, he earned respect on both sides of the aisle for the sacrifices he had made on behalf of nonviolent integration in the South and came to be known as the “conscience of the Congress.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThoroughly researched and dramatically told, Greenberg’s biography captures John Lewis’s influential career through documents from dozens of archives, interviews with hundreds of people who knew Lewis, and long-lost footage of Lewis himself speaking to reporters from his hospital bed following his severe beating on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma. With new details about his personal and professional relationships, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJohn Lewis: A Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the definitive biography of a man whose heroism during the Civil Rights movement helped to bring America a new birth of freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e704 pages, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.25 x 2 x 9.25 inches, \u003c\/span\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909799305441,"sku":"9781982142995","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/Screenshot2024-11-15at10.13.14AM.png?v=1731683601","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/john-lewis-david-greenberg","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}