March (Book One)

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon and key figure 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 About the AuthorCongressman John Lewis was a leader in
the American Civil Rights Movement He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation Despite more than 40 arrests physical attacks and serious injuries John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence He is co-author of the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award the 1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogy MARCH written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell He is also the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions including the Lincoln Medal the John F Kennedy "Profile in Courage" Lifetime Achievement Award and the NAACP Spingarn Medal among many others He lives in Atlanta GA Andrew Aydin is creator and
co-author of the 1 New York Times best-selling graphic memoir series MARCH Co-authored with Rep Lewis and illustrated by Nate Powell MARCH is the first comics work to ever win the National Book Award and is a recipient of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Award the Robert F Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor among other honors Aydin&s other comics work includes writing the X-Files Annual 2016 (IDW) writing for the CBLDF Liberty Annual 2016 (Image) and writing an upcoming issue of Bitch Planet (Image) Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock Arkansas in 1978 He began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000 His work includes MARCH You Don&t Say Any Empire Swallow
Me Whole The Silence Of Our Friends The Year Of The Beasts and Rick Riordan&s The Lost Hero Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations as well as on MSNBC&s The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN