Description
Signed first edition, first printing of His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.
Octavo, xii, 354pp. Blue hardcover, title stamped in silver on spine. Stated first edition, with full number line on copyright page. This copy appears unread. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, “signed edition” sticker on front cover. This copy is signed by Jon Meacham on tipped-in signature page.
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.
