The chap­ter titled “Pho­tographs” presents a series of impact­ful images that encap­su­late sig­nif­i­cant moments in John Lewis’s life and con­tri­bu­tions to the civ­il rights move­ment. Each pho­to­graph is accom­pa­nied by a brief cap­tion, pro­vid­ing con­text and detail­ing the events depict­ed.

1. **Ear­ly Years**: The chap­ter begins with an image of a young John Lewis from around 1951, fol­lowed by a nos­tal­gic pho­to­graph of the ten Lewis sib­lings like­ly tak­en in the ear­ly 1970s, high­light­ing his fam­i­ly back­ground.

2. **Activism in Action**: The nar­ra­tive con­tin­ues with his­tor­i­cal moments of activism, includ­ing the Jan­u­ary 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins in Nashville, where Lewis was active­ly involved. Key fig­ures, such as C. T. Vivian, Diane Nash, and Bernard LaFayette lead events like the march on city hall in April 1960.

3. **Free­dom Rides**: Anoth­er sig­nif­i­cant pho­to­graph doc­u­ments Lewis with fel­low Free­dom Rid­er Jim Zwerg, fea­tur­ing the after­math of a mob assault in Mont­gomery, Alaba­ma. Lewis’s resilience is fur­ther high­light­ed in a press con­fer­ence after the Free­dom Rides, where he appears with notable lead­ers like Mar­tin Luther King Jr.

4. **Lega­cy of Lead­er­ship**: The imagery hosts moments that sig­ni­fy Lewis’s con­tin­u­ous role with­in the Stu­dent Non­vi­o­lent Coor­di­nat­ing Com­mit­tee (SNCC). For instance, a pho­to­graph show­cas­es him kneel­ing in Cairo, Illi­nois, dur­ing a protest that became icon­ic, and anoth­er cap­tures the vibran­cy of SNC­C’s folk fes­ti­val fea­tur­ing per­for­mances from artists like Bob Dylan.

5. **Civ­il Rights Mile­stones**: The chap­ter pro­gress­es to cru­cial civ­il rights mile­stones, includ­ing the leg­endary March on Wash­ing­ton in 1963. Lewis’s emo­tions are pal­pa­ble in a pho­to­graph where he is seen edit­ing his speech, which was con­sid­ered the most “mil­i­tant” of the day.

6. **March Across Sel­ma**: A piv­otal series of images doc­u­ment the Bloody Sun­day march across Sel­ma’s Edmund Pet­tus Bridge on March 7, 1965, illus­trat­ing the vio­lence faced by marchers, cul­mi­nat­ing in the trau­mat­ic injury Lewis endured at the hands of state troop­ers. This day notably gal­va­nized nation­al sup­port for vot­ing rights.

7. **Lat­er Years and Lega­cy**: The chap­ter con­cludes with pho­tographs that chron­i­cle Lewis’s lat­er endeav­ors, includ­ing his run for Con­gress, his inter­ac­tions with polit­i­cal lead­ers like Lyn­don John­son, and his ongo­ing com­mit­ment to activism well into the 21st cen­tu­ry. Mem­o­rable images cap­ture him in moments of cel­e­bra­tion, reflec­tion, and con­tin­ued advo­ca­cy against racial injus­tice, cul­mi­nat­ing in his vis­it to Black Lives Mat­ter Plaza in 2020 short­ly before his pass­ing.

This col­lec­tion of pho­tographs pro­vides not only a visu­al his­to­ry of Lewis’s life but also serves as a tes­ta­ment to his unwa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion to civ­il rights and social jus­tice advo­ca­cy through­out sev­er­al piv­otal moments of Amer­i­can his­to­ry.

The chap­ter titled “Pho­tographs, The Boys of River­side” chron­i­cles the expe­ri­ences and envi­ron­ment sur­round­ing the Cal­i­for­nia School for the Deaf, River­side, par­tic­u­lar­ly focus­ing on its foot­ball team, the Cubs. The cam­pus, dot­ted with palm trees, is set against the scenic back­drop of the San Gabriel Moun­tains, high­light­ing a unique blend of nature and edu­ca­tion for deaf stu­dents.

The nar­ra­tive intro­duces the Cubs, a small but pas­sion­ate team com­posed of about two dozen play­ers who prac­tice and play on a rut­ted field with fad­ed side­lines. Before home games, the team engages in a cher­ished tra­di­tion of enjoy­ing a late lunch at a local pizze­ria, where their red jer­seys fill the estab­lish­ment with team spir­it. The play­ers’ ded­i­ca­tion is fur­ther empha­sized as the field is close to a busy road, and the local com­mu­ni­ty, depict­ed through events such as Phillip Cas­tane­da sleep­ing in his father’s car across the street, plays a back­drop to the team’s jour­ney.

Coach­ing is a cen­tral theme, with Coach Kei­th Adams clev­er­ly using sign lan­guage to strate­gize, ensur­ing oppo­nents can’t inter­cept their plans. As they pre­pare for crit­i­cal games, like the antic­i­pat­ed match against the Chad­wick School, Coach Adams pro­vides moti­va­tion­al talks in the com­fort of the school’s air-con­di­tioned weight room, rein­forc­ing team morale. The sur­round­ing orange groves rep­re­sent the region’s his­tor­i­cal ties to its cit­rus lega­cy, adding depth to the set­ting.

The chap­ter high­lights Kaveh Angoorani, the defen­sive coor­di­na­tor poised to help guide the team towards a cham­pi­onship. It describes Trevin Adams, the dynam­ic quar­ter­back defined as a dual threat. It’s not­ed the team com­pris­es stu­dents across var­i­ous grades, illus­trat­ing their uni­ty despite lim­it­ed play­er avail­abil­i­ty.

Tech­nol­o­gy’s role is sig­ni­fied by the iPhone’s impact on main­tain­ing seam­less com­mu­ni­ca­tion among play­ers. As the Cubs face their cham­pi­onship run in 2022, scenes of sup­port and fer­vor build excite­ment, cul­mi­nat­ing in piv­otal moments like the exhil­a­ra­tion of touch­downs and cel­e­brat­ing first downs dur­ing games. Exter­nal val­i­da­tion is cap­tured when the Los Ange­les Charg­ers invite the Cubs to their sta­di­um, sig­ni­fy­ing broad­er recog­ni­tion for their hard work and ded­i­ca­tion .