Walking with the wind : a memoir of the movement
by Lewis, John, 1940-2020 (Author), D'Orso, Michael (Author)
Summary
"Lewis's role in the Nashville Movement - a student-led effort to desegregate the city of Nashville through nonviolent sit-ins - made him a defining activist of his day and helped set the tone for the civil rights movement. Though he was repeatedly a victim of violence and intimidation, his belief i... Full description
- Part one. Coming up
- "That was some hard times"
- A small world, a safe world
- Pilot light
- Part two. Nashville
- "The boy from Troy"
- Soul force
- "Nigras, nigras everywhere!"
- Part three. Freedom ride
- "This is the students"
- Last supper
- Mr. Greyhound
- Part four. Snick
- Rise up the rug
- "We march today"
- "Keep your stick down"
- Part five. "Uhuru"
- "Feel angry with me"
- Freedom fighters
- Into Selma
- Part six. Going down
- Bloody Sunday
- De-election
- "Why?"
- Part seven. Home
- The new South
- Old ghosts
- Onward.