Walking with the Wind
by John Lewis with Michael D'Orso
Lewis's memoir of the movement: Nashville sit-ins, Freedom Rides, SNCC, Selma, with the beatings and the faith. Among the great American memoirs.
Read it if…
you want the civil rights movement from one of its bravest.
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Skip it if…
you want a short life; see His Truth Is Marching On.
Try instead: Just Mercy →
Three things you will actually use
- Get in the way.
- Nonviolence is trained.
- Keep walking.
Do this first
Read the Freedom Rides chapters.
Our verdict
Lewis's memoir.
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