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*Subject:* Remembering Congressman John Lewis

*Remembering *

*Congressman John Lewis*

*Audio Books Available from the Alabama Regional Library for the Blind*

John Robert Lewis was born near Troy, Alabama in 1940. On July 17, 2020, he
died at the age of 80. In the years between his birth and death, John Lewis
made significant contributions to the American Civil Rights Movement, to
the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and to people throughout the country—Lewis
served 17 terms in the United States House of Representatives.

Learn more about his life and work in audio books produced for the National
Library Service (NLS) and available from the Alabama Regional Library for
the Blind (BPH). BPH Reader Advisor and Senior Librarian Mike Coleman
compiled the following list of titles with annotations from the NLS
catalog. Patrons can contact the BPH team at 334-213-3906 to place orders
for any titles listed below.

*DB86884*

*Written by Jabari Asim*

*Narrated by Robert Sams*

*NF       13 minutes*

*Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis*

*Portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis during his childhood. Young
John tended the family farm’s flock of chickens and regularly practiced his
sermons on his new hen congregation. For grades K-3. 2016.*

*DB47543*

*Written by John Lewis*

*Narrated by Jake Williams*

*NF       24 hours; 42 min*

*Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement*

*African American Congressman discusses the Civil Rights Movement of the
1960s, its struggles, triumphs, leadership, and champions. Lewis, an
advocate of nonviolence, acknowledges his devotion to Martin Luther King
Jr. and credits the success of the movement to the thousands of
working-class blacks who risked their lives confronting southern tyranny.*

*DB62902*

*Written by Ann Bausum*

*Narrated by Margaret Strom*

*NF       2 hours; 50 min*

*Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil
Rights Movement*

*Recounts how John Lewis, a black seminarian who became a Congressman, and
Jim Zwerg, a white college student, rode buses with white and black
passengers through the segregated South in 1961. Describes the violence and
hatred they faced to promote racial equality. Some strong language. For
grades 6-9. 2006.*

*DB64220*

*Written by Raymond Arsenault*

*Narrated by Gregory Gorton*

*NF       40 hours; 57 min*

*Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice*

*Narrative of the 1961 campaign by black and white activists to integrate
interstate buses and travel facilities in the Deep South. Details the
organizations and individual Freedom Riders who endured beatings and
prison. Discusses the role of city and state leaders, the Kennedy
administration, and the FBI. 2006.*

*DB 87098*

*Written by John Lewis*

*Narrated by Chuck Young*

*NF       13 hours; 12 min*

*March Trilogy*

*Graphic novel trilogy written between 2013 and 2016, traces Congressman
John Lewis’s first-hand account of the Civil Rights Movement, from his
first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. to his commitment to nonviolent
demonstrations in order to end segregation. For junior and senior high and
older readers. 2016.*

*DB95974*

*Written by James Haskins*

*Narrated by Gary Telles*

*NF       1 hour; 30 min*

*The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis*

*Recounts the life of U.S. Representative John Lewis, whose work for civil
rights included chairing the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and
demonstrating on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. For grades
3-6. 2018.*

*Angela Fisher Hall, MLS*

*Regional Librarian*

Alabama Regional Library for the Blind

Alabama Public Library Service

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(334) 213-3921

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(334) 213-3961  FAX

afisherhall at apls.state.al.us

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