John Lewis: The Last Interview - MELVILLE HOUSE & Jelani Cobb

John Lewis: The Last Interview

By MELVILLE HOUSE & Jelani Cobb

  • Release Date: 2021-11-23
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

Featuring interviews of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis at almost every stage of his career, this collection illustrates why Lewis has become a human rights icon and remains an inspiration to activists today

Throughout John Lewis’s long and storied career he maintained a seemingly unwavering hope for a better future. This hope can be traced throughout the inteviews collected here. From a young activist testifying in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday to recounting the violence he met as a Freedom Rider to an elder statesman inspired by today's civil rights activists, this collection forms a portrait of a man whose life was spent fighting for a better world and never lost hope.