March / written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin ; art by Nate Powell ; edited by Leigh Walton ; editor in chief, Chris Staros.
This graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account of Congressman 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 l...
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| Other title: | Historical Children's and Young Adult Collection. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Local Note: | Rare Books Collection copies Historical Children's and Young Adult Collection. |
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Marietta, GA :
Top Shelf Productions,
[2013-]
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| Summary: | This graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account of Congressman 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 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. Book two takes place after the Nashville sit-in campaign. 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 Washington D.C., and from receiving beatings from state troopers, to receiving the Medal of Freedom awarded to him by Barack Obama, the first African-American president. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 13-16. |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2014 (Book one) National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2016 (Book three) |
| ISBN: | 9780606324366 0606324364 9781603093002 1603093001 9780606365475 0606365478 9781603094009 1603094008 9781603094023 1603094024 9780606386050 060638605X |