But history didnt end there.
After Lewis and his fellow activists achieved those monumental victories, their movement started to splinter.
The Ku Klux Klan mounted a gigantic hooded protest just days after the Voting Rights Act passed.
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Lewis dedication to nonviolence would eventually lead him to run for public office.
Run: Book Onewill be illustrated by Afua Richardson, with some contributions from Powell.
It will be published on Aug. 14, 2018.
