http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/06/29/john-lewis-taylor-branch-politics-and-prose-vs-pictures/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/06/29/john-lewis-taylor-branch-politics-and-prose-vs-pictures/#comment-72506 Drew Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:56:02 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=375#comment-72506 Just wanted to second David's suggestion, as well as his and your own words about John Lewis. Another book worth tracking down is Howell Raines' oral history, "My Soul is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered." Just wanted to second David’s suggestion, as well as his and your own words about John Lewis. Another book worth tracking down is Howell Raines’ oral history, “My Soul is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered.”

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/06/29/john-lewis-taylor-branch-politics-and-prose-vs-pictures/#comment-72427 David Berlinguette Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:38:44 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=375#comment-72427 One of the best books I've read on the subject is "The Children" by the late David Halberstam. As a young reporter in Nashville, he followed and documented the lives of the young people in the Civil Rights movement, from the Woolworth's counter to the Pettis Bridge. The book separates itself from many on the topic in that it avoids exhaustive discussion of the icons in the movement (MLK, Abernathy), and focuses more on the people who were down in the trenches, had nothing to lose, and were full of youthful recklessness. John Lewis is a major character in this book, and after reading it I consider him to be one if the greatest Americans, and human beings for that matter, of our generation. One of the best books I’ve read on the subject is “The Children” by the late David Halberstam. As a young reporter in Nashville, he followed and documented the lives of the young people in the Civil Rights movement, from the Woolworth’s counter to the Pettis Bridge. The book separates itself from many on the topic in that it avoids exhaustive discussion of the icons in the movement (MLK, Abernathy), and focuses more on the people who were down in the trenches, had nothing to lose, and were full of youthful recklessness. John Lewis is a major character in this book, and after reading it I consider him to be one if the greatest Americans, and human beings for that matter, of our generation.

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