01509cam a2200337 i 4500 1155758587 TxAuBib 20240227120000.0 230324s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023935308 9780300253757 0300253753 TxAuBib rda Arsenault, Raymond, 1948- John Lewis : in search of the beloved community / Raymond Arsenault. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2024. 552 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-514) and index. In this first book-length biography of Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis’s upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism as a Freedom Rider and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his championing of voting rights and anti-poverty initiatives, and his decades of service as the “conscience of Congress.”. 20240227. Lewis, John 1940-2020. African American legislators Biography. African American civil rights workers Biography. Biography. lcgft