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The Resource His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope, Jon Meacham ; afterword by John Lewis

His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope, Jon Meacham ; afterword by John Lewis

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"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr. A believer in hope above all else, Lewis learned from a young age that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. At the age of four, Lewis, ambitious to become a preacher, practiced by preaching to the chickens he took care of. When his mother cooked one of the chickens, the boy refused to eat it--his first act of non-violent protest. Integral to Lewis's commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God, and an unshakable belief in the power of hope. Meacham calls Lewis "as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the nation-state in the eighteenth century. He did what he did--risking limb and life to bear witness for the powerless in the face of the powerful--not in spite of America, but because of America, and not in spite of religion, but because of religion"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 354 pages
Contents
  • Overture: the last march
  • A hard life, a serious life
  • The spirit of history
  • Soul force
  • In the image of God and democracy
  • We are going to make you wish you was dead
  • I'm going to die here
  • This country don't run on love
  • Epilogue: against the rulers of the darkness
Isbn
9781984855022
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Label
His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope
Title
His truth is marching on
Title remainder
John Lewis and the power of hope
Statement of responsibility
Jon Meacham ; afterword by John Lewis
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr. A believer in hope above all else, Lewis learned from a young age that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. At the age of four, Lewis, ambitious to become a preacher, practiced by preaching to the chickens he took care of. When his mother cooked one of the chickens, the boy refused to eat it--his first act of non-violent protest. Integral to Lewis's commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God, and an unshakable belief in the power of hope. Meacham calls Lewis "as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the nation-state in the eighteenth century. He did what he did--risking limb and life to bear witness for the powerless in the face of the powerful--not in spite of America, but because of America, and not in spite of religion, but because of religion"--
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individual biography
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Meacham, Jon
Dewey number
  • 328.73/092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lewis, John
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Civil rights workers
  • United States
  • Legislators
  • Protest movements
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His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope, Jon Meacham ; afterword by John Lewis
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-338) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Overture: the last march -- A hard life, a serious life -- The spirit of history -- Soul force -- In the image of God and democracy -- We are going to make you wish you was dead -- I'm going to die here -- This country don't run on love -- Epilogue: against the rulers of the darkness
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 354 pages
Isbn
9781984855022
Lccn
2020024320
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • on1155073657
  • 702333
  • (OCoLC)1155073657
Label
His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope, Jon Meacham ; afterword by John Lewis
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-338) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Overture: the last march -- A hard life, a serious life -- The spirit of history -- Soul force -- In the image of God and democracy -- We are going to make you wish you was dead -- I'm going to die here -- This country don't run on love -- Epilogue: against the rulers of the darkness
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 354 pages
Isbn
9781984855022
Lccn
2020024320
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • on1155073657
  • 702333
  • (OCoLC)1155073657

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