March: Book One

Description

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. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Shelf Productions; 1st edition (August 13, 2013)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603093001
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 02
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 – 16 years
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ GN760L
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.56 x 0.39 x 9.5 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #26,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #22 in Biographies & History Graphic Novels #128 in Black & African American Biographies #896 in Memoirs (Books)