{"product_id":"walking-with-the-wind-a-memoir-of-the-movement-paperback","title":"Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement - Paperback","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\u003eJohn Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael D'Orso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind is one of our most important records of the American Civil Rights Movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a \"national treasure,\" this is a gripping first-hand account of the fight for civil rights and the courage it takes to change a nation.In 1957, a teenaged boy named John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama for Nashville, the epicenter of the struggle for civil rights in America. Lewis's adherence to nonviolence guided that critical time and established him as one of the movement's most charismatic and courageous leaders. Lewis's leadership in the Nashville Movement--a student-led effort to desegregate the city of Nashville using sit-in techniques based on the teachings of Gandhi--set the tone for major civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. Lewis traces his role in the pivotal Selma marches, Bloody Sunday, and the Freedom Rides. Inspired by his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis's vision and perseverance altered history. In 1986, he ran and won a congressional seat in Georgia, and remains in office to this day, continuing to enact change. The late Edward M. Kennedy said of Lewis, \"John tells it like it was...Lewis spent most of his life walking against the wind of the times, but he was surely walking with the wind of history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lewis is the US Representative for Georgia's fifth district, a position he has held since 1987. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael D'Orso\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of sixteen books, which include \u003ci\u003eOceana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlundering Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been featured or reviewed in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463936565555,"sku":"9781476797717","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/0bKXvvu_sK9781476797717.webp?v=1781571409","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/walking-with-the-wind-a-memoir-of-the-movement-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}