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A Candid Conversation with John R. Lewis

A Candid Conversation with John R. Lewis

FromAspen Ideas to Go


A Candid Conversation with John R. Lewis

FromAspen Ideas to Go

ratings:
Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Congressman John R. Lewis (D-GA), civil rights leader, and co-author of the bestselling graphic memoir March: Book One, is the recipient of numerous awards including the United States' highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His new graphic memoir trilogy, March, is a vivid first-hand account of Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Recorded live for the McCloskey Speaker Series.
Released:
Mar 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Aspen Ideas to Go is a show about big ideas that will open your mind. Featuring compelling conversations with the world’s top thinkers and doers from a diverse range of disciplines, Aspen Ideas to Go gives you front-row access to the Aspen Ideas Festival and other events presented by the Aspen Institute.