His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham and John Lewis: Conversation Starters

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His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham and John Lewis: Conversation Starters

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, which chronicles the life of the American statesman, is a book by Pulitzer Prize awardee Jon Meacham. Having written exhaustive biographies of famous leaders such as Winston Churchill, Thomas Jefferson and George H.W. Bush, the author now shines the spotlight on civil rights activist John Lewis. Meacham wrote the gripping and fascinating tale behind John Lewis’ unparalleled thinking, his philosophy of non-violence and his absolute belief in kindness.
The book is a hagiography rather than a biography in its traditional sense. It may not present Lewis’s life from birth to his recent death but it focuses on the part of his life where he fought for a unified and a truly free country, a dream that is regrettably still unfulfilled. 

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EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:

• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Nov 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9791220218658

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Introducing His Truth Is Marching On

Jon Meacham opens His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope with chapter 1 titled ‘The Last March.’ It was symbolic of the 1965 nonviolent protest, later known as Bloody Sunday, where Lewis and thousands of demonstrators marched from Selma to Montgomery to clamor for the right to suffrage long denied to African Americans in Alabama. However, chaos ensued when Major General Cloud ordered the Alabama State Troopers to restrain Lewis and his group who refused to disperse. Lewis, who was brutally beaten suffered a concussion. He survived the assault and continued his activism despite several life-threatening attempts to stop him. Sadly, Lewis passed away after battling pancreatic cancer on the 17th of July 2020. His burial rite was done with military funeral honors as his casket was taken across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on July 19. His final resting place is at the South-View Cemetery in