Walking With the Wind

A Memoir of the Movement

by John Lewis; Michael D'Orso

In his autobiography, John Lewis looks back at his life and his role in the American civil rights movement. He describes his childhood in rural Alabama and his memories of the struggle: from the demonstrations in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham to the Freedom Rides, the march on Washington, and the death of the movement's most charismatic leader. In 1986, John Lewis was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from Georgia. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.

Editions of Walking With the Wind

ISBN 9780684810652	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Simon & Schuster	Date 1998	Price $4.59	Used - Good
ISBN 9780613225809	Binding/Format Prebinding	Publisher Bt Bound	Date 2001	Price $3.49	Very Good
ISBN 9780156007085	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Mariner Books	Date 1999	Price $1.00	New

Publisher Notes

An eloquent, epic firsthand account of the civil rights movement by a man who lived it-an American hero whose courage, vision, and dedication helped change history The son of an Alabama sharecropper, and now a sixth-term United States Congressman, John Lewis has led an extraordinary life, one that found him at the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the late '50s and '60s. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was present at all the major battlefields of the movement. Arrested more than forty times and severely beaten on several occasions, he was one of the youngest yet most courageous leaders. Written with charm, warmth, and honesty, Walking with the Wind offers rare insight into the movement and the personalities of all the civil rights leaders-what was happening behind the scenes, the infighting, struggles, and triumphs. Lewis takes us from the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he led more than five hundred marchers on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." While there have been exceptional books on the movement, there has never been a front-line account by a man like John Lewis. A true American hero, his story is "destined to become a classic in civil rights literature." (Los Angeles Times)

Media Reviews

"A classic, invaluable blockbuster history of the civil-rights movement."

First Line

I took a drive not long ago, south of Atlanta, where I've made my home for the past three decades, down in Alabama to visit my mother and brothers and sisters.

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