Kathleen Benson

John Lewis was a young child who experienced the injustice of segregation, however, he was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. After high school, he joined Dr. King and other civil rights leaders who believed in fighting against segregation. John Lewis had to face physical attacks during the protest in the 1960s. Black children could not go to the same school as white children. Black people had to sit in the back of public buses and give up their seats to whites. I learned that John Lewis believed in change because his parents even told him not to get in the way. Instead, John did not listen to his parents. John realized that segregation was keeping his family from having a better life. At some point, it made John so angry. I enjoyed this book because John Lewis has so much courage. He did not give up on black people. John Lewis was elected by both black and white citizens as a Representative. He was a Congressman from Georgia. Lastly, this book was very inspiring and well written.… (meer)