March Book One (Oversized Edition) - Nate Powell

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