Lewis continues telling his story. Freedom Riders are met with mob violence, police brutality, unjust imprisonment, and a bitter Kennedy administration. Nonviolent demonstrations continue, climaxing in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Lewis is one of the six main speakers. He complies to a certain extent with demands that he tone down his speech, but still makes a fierce presentation. Following the March the Kennedy administration becomes more enthusiastic toward civil rights, but the book ends with the murderous 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

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