Political Profiles: John Lewis

This book profiles the life and career of John Lewis, the civil rights leader and politician who grew up in Alabama in the 1940s as the son of poor sharecroppers. It describes his early activism, including his childhood petition to a whites-only library for a library card and his involvement in sit-ins during the civil rights movement. The text also covers Lewis's participation in the first Freedom Rides in 1961 and includes descriptions of violence he faced as a civil rights activist.