Title: Who Was John Lewis?- --(WB) Author: Crystal Hubbard
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9798822694453
SKU: WB001916
Release Date: 45689
Genre: History -Culture & Diversity
Grade Level: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Language : English
Description : Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March of Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, John Lewis is considered an American hero and an icon of the civil rights movement. Learn about his life of "good trouble" in this book for young readers.