Books like His Truth Is Marching On by Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham presents a deeply intimate and revealing biography of John Lewis, a civil‑rights icon and long‑time U.S. congressman. Drawing upon extensive interviews, Meacham traces Lewis’s early life as the great‑grandson of a slave and son of an Alabama tenant farmer, and his formative influences—Bible teachings, non‑violence mentors like Reverend James Lawson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—that shaped his steadfast commitment to justice. The book chronicles Lewis’s historic march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, his relentless pursuit of equality, and his influential role in Congress, portraying him as a modern civil‑rights leader whose faith, hope, and courage helped steer America toward a more inclusive nation. Lewis’s story, framed by the broader struggle from the 1950s to the present, offers profound inspiration for those working toward social and political change today.

First publish date: 2020