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Author Harris, Duchess. author.

Title John Lewis : civil rights leader and congressman / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD with Tammy Gagne.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020]
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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 LEW    Check Shelf
Description 48 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series Freedom's promise
Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Contents Bloody Sunday -- Sitting in and speaking out -- Becoming a leader -- Still making history.
Summary John Lewis is an influential African American politician who played a key role in the civil rights movement. He raised awareness of racial discrimination and violence in the 1960s. This book explores Lewis's activism and political career. Includes infographics and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Subject Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Juvenile literature.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Lewis, John, 1940-2020. (OCoLC)fst01830728
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (OCoLC)fst01798999
African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
African American legislators. (OCoLC)fst00799220
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Author Gagne, Tammy, author.
ISBN 9781532190858 (hardcover)
1532190859 (hardcover)
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