Unstoppable John : how John Lewis got his library card -- and helped change history
Publication Information
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2025.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience
Pre-K to 3.
Summary
"A poignant picture book biography on how John Lewis got his library card and helped change history. All John Lewis wanted was a library card, but in 1956, libraries were only for white people. That didn't seem fair to John, and so he spent a lifetime advocating for change and fighting against unfair laws until the laws changed. Finally, black people could eat at restaurants, see movies, vote in elections, and even get library cards. With an in-depth author's note, a timeline of John Lewis's life, and a lengthy list of resources, Unstoppable John, illustrated by Jerry Jordan and written by New York Times bestselling author Pat Zietlow Miller, explores the profound impact John had on the world and that books had on him."--Amazon.com.
Subjects
- African American civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans and libraries > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African American civil rights workers > Biography.
- Civil rights workers > Biography.
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
- Libraries > History.
- African Americans > Biography.
- United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
- United States > Race relations.
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020 > Juvenile literature.
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020.