March Book One (Oversized Edition)

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