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Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Illustrator: James E. Ransome

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster BFYR/S & S

ISBN: 978-1-5344-9662-0

Keywords: Biography/Memoir-resistance, segregated south, Freedom Riders, discrimination

Knowing love and rage during a segregated childhood, Lewis chose the message of Martin Luther King and stood strong in the fight for truth and justice. Vibrant collage-like illustrations. Back matter.