March
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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 1950s 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.
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3 primary booksMarch
March is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin.
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The 3 book series is an excellent history of the heros of Civil rights movement leading up to the March from Selma to Montgomery.
For the Read Harder Challenge: “A comic written or illustrated by a person of color.” This first volume of a trilogy is set in 2009, with Lewis telling his story before heading to Obama's inauguration.
