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I may have grabbed my library book when the fire alarm sounded…sorry, not sorry! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Bonus reading time instead of pesky false alarm.

This is a wonderful exploration and exposition of Congressman John Lewis‘s early life and most dramatic years as a leader in the nation‘s 1960s non-violent civil rights campaigns. Author Jon Meacham, clearly taken by John Lewis and all that he did and attempted as a teen and in his 20s, provides a thorough and insightful rendering of Congressman Lewis‘s significant contributions to American social progress.

I‘ve only read the introduction and I have already cried multiple times. Oh, Congressman Lewis, you are so missed. 🥺 #histruthismarchingon #johnlewisandthepowerofhope #jonmeacham #johnlewis #congressmanjohnlewis #legend #houseofrepresentatives #uscongress #civilrightsmovement #civilrightsleader #blackhistory #americanhistory

On sale on kindle in the US today!

#lies #oppositeday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs

RIP John Lewis

I always have a library audiobook going and this is my latest. I am sad John Lewis is no longer with us. We desperately need more people like him.

I didn‘t plan it, but it is fitting that I finished this book on John Lewis‘s birthday. This is a good overview of his role in the civil rights movement. Each chapter covers a major point, including sit-ins in Nashville, Freedom Summer, the March on Washington, and the March in Selma. It ends in 1968, with the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, with just a small amount about his long career in Congress. ⬇️

I learned a lot more than I thought I would. Finished my #doublebookspin @thearomaofbooks

Took me a little while to narrow it down, but I‘m tagging one of my newest purchases. I can‘t wait to get started.

#IntegrateYourShelf @ChasingOm

The book is about John Lewis rather than Dr. King but this still felt like the right day to start this.

The story of John Lewis when he was young.

My book haul from the Goddard Riverside annual book fair just arrived in the mail, @Kaylamburson !

As a great admirer of John Lewis', I'm so disappointed in this. What I really wanted was a deeper examination of Lewis' life and career, including more about his work in the House of Representatives. I got the same biographical and Civil Rights Era basics that I've gotten from plenty of other sources, and a whole bunch of super-detailed conversations among others, not even pertaining directly to Lewis. [more in comment]

One of the loveliest cities in the world is Savannah. I need to go back in the aftertimes. #GoodTrouble #Georgia 🧡

Election week reading

Another good one. Starting tonight!

John Lewis rocks. Then. Now. Forever. #BlackLivesMatter

Currently #ImmersionReading by listening to the audiobook and reading the book simultaneously

inches that it could presumably thenvtake back at will or on a whim?

“The so-called backlash… does actually exist,” Tennessee governor Buford Ellington wrote the president in August 1964. “People holding jobs with industry and government are afraid they‘re gonna be forced out of jobs to make room for people who are not qualified either by training or experience… that white people will be discriminated against in future employment… I find this exists in every state… ⬇️

This book is an absolute gift. The focus on Lewis' faith in God makes this book more powerful than I expected. His history and work within the movement that continued til the day he died is one that spans decades, presidents and generations.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Read it - then have a good discussion with those around you #Netgalley my full review at thejwordpress.wordpress.com

Looking forward to this one!