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- Annotation:
- “This is John Lewis’s story, told from his perspective, and it reflects his memories as well as his point of view.” The struggles seen across the United States after the Civil Rights Movement. For John Lewis, the Civil Rights Movement as he knew it ended with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, but his struggle in the following years echo many of the same questions of civil rights and equality that are being asked today. -- from the publisher
- Creator:
- Letterer - Nate Powell
- Publication Information:
- Abrams ComicArts, New York, 2018
- Color or Black & White:
- Genres:
- Autobiography/Memoir
- Non-Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States)
- Watts Riot (Los Angeles, California : 1965)
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Geographic Setting:
- Georgia--Atlanta
- Alabama--Lowndes County
- Date Range:
- 1965 - 1966
- Tags:
- The Klan, John Lewis, Julian Bond, James Lawson, SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, freedom rider, Stokely Carmichael, Watts Riots, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, MFDP, Bloody Sunday, Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference, SCLC, Apartheid, Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson, Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, non-violence movement, Voting Rights Act, black power
- Notes:
- Includes Biographies for the Movement; a notes section confirming sources used as well as explanations on how the sources were used.
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