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John Lewis

From preaching to chickens and picking cotton to the highest ranking African American member of Congress, John Lewis has participated fully in some of the most historic decades of our century. He writes about his experiences in the American civil rights movement in his new autobiography, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Karen Grigsby-Bates talks to him about it on "The Politics of Culture.&quot

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KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Jul 14, 1998 • 1 min read

From preaching to chickens and picking cotton to the highest ranking African American member of Congress, John Lewis has participated fully in some of the most historic decades of our century. He writes about his experiences in the American civil rights movement in his new autobiography, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Karen Grigsby-Bates talks to him about it on "The Politics of Culture.&quot

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