pickA lot covered in under 200 pages. Violence, imprisonment, and pressure from allies to slow down or change course. I really like that the original draft of Lewis's speech to the March on Washington was included at the end of the book. #marchinmarch @Merethebookgal @TheNextBook
Donna_sBookMinute Yes. He had to go along with them to get even a part of his message out. I think he made a great recovery. I was glad to read the original speech too. I found a website that displays both speeches in parallel. Of course I printed them so I could mark the changes. Here's the article: http://billmoyers.com/content/two-versions-of-john-lewis-speech/ 8y
diovival @Donna_sBookMinute Thank you for sharing the link! I couldn't get the video on the page to work but found the Moyers episode with John Lewis also posted on YouTube. 8y
diovival http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0828.htmlhickleberrypunchf... "Harshest of all the speakers was John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee." 8y
diovival 👆 a link to the NYT article mentioned in that interview 8y
Donna_sBookMinute #diovival -- Thanks for the link to the NYT article. It's a good remembrance of that glorious day. And, of course they had to include something about the editing of his speech and those who were opposed to it. Great find, this article. 8y
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