Congressman
Civil rights activist
Writer
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011
February 21,
1940 – July 17, 2020
Credits:
Across That
Bridge (2012); Carry On (2021); Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for
Racial Justice (2006); March: Book One (2013); March: Book Three (2016); March:
Book Two (2015); Run: Book One (2021); Walking with the Wind (1998).