Winner from the NAACP Image Prize for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography.

In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis attracts from his knowledge being a prominent innovator from the Civil Rights Movement to provide timeless knowledge, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging injustices and motivating real switch toward a freer, more peaceful society.

The Civil Rights Motion gave rise to the protest culture we know today, and the experiences of market leaders like Congressman Lewis, a close confidant to Martin Luther King, Jr., haven’t been even more relevant. Despite a lot more than forty arrests, physical attacks, and serious accidental injuries, John Lewis has remained a committed advocate of the self-discipline and idea of nonviolence. Today, in an period where the protest lifestyle he helped forge has resurfaced being a drive for transformation, Lewis’ insights have never been even more relevant. Within this heartfelt book, Lewis explores the efforts that each generation must make to attain change.