![]() ![]() They are stirring and tragic and they have taught me of both the bitter hatred and the incredible courage that took place throughout the Civil Rights Era.īut reading John Lewis’ memoir has served to link all of these events chronologically for me. I have read these stories or seen them acted out in movies. The story of the Little Rock Nine, the bombing in Alabama that killed four little girls, the bravery of Rosa Parks. So much of this time in history has been blurred together for me as I have learned about individual events. His telling of the events of the Civil Rights Movement through his own experiences, from his young awakening to a desire for more freedom to diligently learning how to protest without violence, has had me captive for days. Martin Luther King Jr., who were at the time of the march on Washington in 1963 considered to be the Big Six of the Civil Rights Movement. John Lewis was the youngest of a group of Civil Rights’ leaders, including Dr. For about three weeks, I’ve been reading John Lewis’ book, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. ![]()
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