Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key
figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and
nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the
halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on
Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving
the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president.
Now,
to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents
March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew
Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the
Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole).
March
is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for
civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance
traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis'
personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader
civil rights movement.
Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural
Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the
birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down
segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a
stunning climax on the steps of City Hall.
Many years ago, John
Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic
book "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." Now, his own comics
bring those days to life for a new audience, testifying to a movement
whose echoes will be heard for generations.
Coretta Scott King
Author Honor Books selection: recognizing an African American author and
illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: "March:
Book One," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate
Powell, and published by Top Shelf Productions.
March Book One - Andrew Aydin & John Lewis
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