{"product_id":"john-lewis-a-life-hardcover","title":"John Lewis: A Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. He may be best remembered as the victim of a vicious beating by Alabama state troopers at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he nearly died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreenberg's biography traces Lewis's life through the post-Civil Rights years, when he headed the Voter Education Project, which enrolled millions of African American voters across the South. 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eJohn Lewis: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive biography of a man whose heroism during the Civil Rights movement helped to bring America a new birth of freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Greenberg is a professor of history at Rutgers University and a frequent commentator on historical and political affairs. He is the author or editor of several books on American history and politics including \u003ci\u003eNixon's Shadow: The History of an Image\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly acting editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and then a columnist for \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, Greenberg now writes regularly for \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Liberties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has also been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Foreign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous academic journals. In support of this book Greenberg won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Cullman Center of the New York Public Library, and the Leon Levy Center for Biography. He holds a PhD in history from Columbia University and a BA from Yale and lives with his family in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.77 x 9.49 x 6.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978233577773,"sku":"9781982142995","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/O4auR7pap39781982142995.webp?v=1775801171","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/john-lewis-a-life-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}