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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meacham, Jon (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, John, 1940-2020 (writer of afterword.)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lewis, John, > 1940-2020.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Protest movements > United States.
African American civil rights workers.
Civil rights workers.
Legislators.
Protest movements.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.