John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community

by Nelson Poynter Memorial Library (St. Petersburg campus)

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Mon, Feb 5, 2024

5 PM – 6 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Speaker: Dr. Ray Arsenault, John Hope Franklin Emeritus Professor of Southern History, USF St. Petersburg

In this first book-length biography of John Lewis, Raymond Arsenault
traces Lewis’s upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism as a Freedom
Rider and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,
his championing of voting rights and anti-poverty initiatives, and his
decades of service as the “conscience of Congress."

Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be available
Book will be available for sale with a book signing after the talk

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