Books Quote by John Lewis

I heard of Martin Luther King Jr. when I was 15 years old. I heard of Rosa Parks. And I met Dr. King in…

— John Lewis

The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life.

— John Lewis

Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I'm on today.

— John Lewis

I grew up reading Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

— Kalidou Koulibaly

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

— Afeni Shakur

“King became the movement’s voice and launched a new phase of mass protest. He was a disciple of the teachings of Gandhi and Thoreau,…

— Anthony R. Fellow

I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories…

— Louis Sachar

I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an electrifying effect…

— Tom Brokaw

I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.

— Frances McDormand

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

— Alison Bechdel

I stumbled upon Charles White purely by chance while looking through a book 'Great Negroes, Past and Present' in the library at Forty-Ninth Street…

— Kerry James Marshall

I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.

— Ruskin Bond