" With March Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement In graphic novel form his first-hand account makes these historic events both accessible & relevant to an entire new generation of Americans"
- Le Var Burton " Congressman John Lewis has been a resounding moral voice in the quest for equality for more than 50 years & I&m so pleased that he is sharing his memories of the Civil Rights Movement with America&s young leaders In March he brings a whole new generation with him across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from a past of clenched fists into a future of outstretched hands"
- President Bill Clinton " Essential reading March is a moving & important achievement"
- USA Today The 1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis an American icon & one of the key figures of the civil rights movement continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin & artist Nate Powell inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation to join the struggle Now March brings the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation urgently relevant for today&s world After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence
- but as he & his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south they will be tested like never before Faced with beatings police brutality imprisonment arson & even murder the young activists of the movement struggle with internal conflicts as well But their courage will attract the notice of powerful allies from Martin Luther King Jr to Attorney General Robert F Kennedy & once Lewis is elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee this 23-year-old will be thrust into the national spotlight becoming one of the " Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement & a central figure in the landmark 1963 March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom