The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

In "Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement," Rep. John Lewis, D. Ga., a civil rights hero, tells the story of the civil rights movement through the riveting account of his own life and experiences.

After leaving his rural Alabama hometown to join the fight for civil rights, Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and suffered several instances of police brutality -- including on the infamous day in Selma known as "Bloody Sunday" -- as he helped draw national attention to the growing civil rights movement. Lewis, who served several years as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is the only living speaker from the historic 1963 March on Washington and remains one of the movement's most venerated figures. He translates the same honesty and intensity he effused then into this stunning autobiography.

As Lewis continues the fight in Congress for civil rights, his story remains an essential testament to our nation’s long struggle for equality.

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