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Walking with the Wind by John Lewis5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() At ABT, Lewis meets James Lawson, a teacher who leads workshops of the philosophy of nonviolence where Lewis meets other Nashville students, including James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, and Diane Nash (Chapter 5). ![]() ![]() He considers testing Troy State University’s policy of segregation (Chapter 4), which results in him meeting Dr. While attending ABT, Lewis decides that he no longer wants to be on the sidelines of history. King’s message of social justice and direct action, Lewis makes a seminal decision to leave Pike County in 1957 to attend the American Baptist Theological (ABT) Seminary in Nashville. Martin Luther King (Chapter 3), which enabled the CRM’s accomplishments. ![]() In these opening chapters, Lewis also emphasizes the strength of those who came before him, including his mother (Chapter 1) and Dr. These early experiences instill in him qualities such as perseverance, patience, compassion, nonviolence, and a little bit of stubbornness, which shaped his character and paved the way for the role he would take within the CRM. He begins with a series of vignettes detailing his childhood: helping his aunt keep her house from blowing away in a severe storm (Prologue) and being responsible for the family chickens (Chapter 2). Lewis organizes his memoir into seven chronological parts. ![]()
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