Description
Inscribed by Congressman John Lewis, the first edition of John Lewis In The Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement.
Quarto, [unpaginated]. Pictorial laminated hardcover, title on front cover and spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, bumped corners, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $17.95 retail price on the front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Complete with 15 full-page illustrations by Benny Andrews. Inscribed on the title page: “To P— Keep the faith, John Lewis / 4-21-07.”
John Lewis (1940-2020) served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987-2020, representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. He was a lifelong civil rights activist, helping to organize the March on Washington in 1963, and he led the first of three marches from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
