• 2012 copy of the book Across That Bridge, written and signed by then-U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis
• Lewis was an iconic Civil Rights leader prior to entering congress, participating in the famous Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. When beaten by police at the march, Lewis suffered a fractured skull, but was then helped to safety
• The youngest speaker at the March on Washington, and final to speak before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Served as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a major Civil Rights group of the 1960s
• Awarded the Presidential Medial of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011
• In 1986 was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of Georgia's 5th district
• Sworn in on January 3rd, 1987, Lewis would serve until 2020, when he died at the age of 80. Following his death, Lewis's casket was carried by horse-drawn caisson over the same route from Selma to Montgomery that he marched in 1965
• Excellent condition; little to no creasing, no rips or tears. Some writing on the very first page in the top left corner in pencil
• Size: 5.25" x 7.25"
• 180 pages
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