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Walking with the Wind

In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.

John Lewis

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Class

Subject

Civics

History

August 9, 2017

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Angela P. Dodson is the chief executive officer and founder of Editorsoncall LLC., www.editorsoncall.com, which offers free-lance editorial services and consulting. Dodson has most recently been an online editor and book reviewer for DIVERSE: Issues In Higher Education, diverseeducation.com and diversebooks.net. She has also edited special magazine supplements for DIVERSE and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She is the former executive editor of Black Issues Book Review. Angela is a former senior editor and former Style editor for the New York Times. Dodson has edited and ghost-written books

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