![]() ![]() Congressman John Lewis was one of those who, inspired by Jim Lawson and Dr. ![]() I would consider it one of the five greatest miracles of my lifetime, except that it was no miracle: it was the direct result of hundreds of thousands of individuals lifelong struggles for basic human decency in the form of equality in the face of extreme retributory violence. ![]() There Lewis and Aydin have found the perfect structure: the inauguration of Americas first black President whose election, I might add, my friends and I all thought improbable up to almost the last minute given the strength of persisting prejudices. Instead, it is a highly personal, colourful and conversational first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis education about and then involvement in the emphatically non-violent protest movement as told, initially, to a mother and two young sons visiting his office before the inauguration of President Barrack Obama in January 2009, and it goes all the way back to his rural childhood on a farm in Alabama, preaching to his chickens. Thoroughly inspiring and beautifully drawn with enormous humanity, this is a far cry from any dry or dictatorial polemic you might understandably be expecting on a subject as serious as Americas Civil Rights movement. ![]()
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