March: Book One

#1 New York Times Bestseller 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 Washingtonand from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Nowto share his remarkable story with new generationsLewis presents Marcha graphic novel trilogyin 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 rightsmeditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal storyit also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis’ youth in rural Alabamahis life-changing meeting with Martin Luther KingJr.the birth of the Nashville Student Movementand their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-insbuilding to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years agoJohn Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book \