March: Book One: 1

Congressman John Lewis (GA5) 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 Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first AfricanAmerican president. Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with cowriter Andrew Aydin and New York Times bestselling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole).

March is a vivid firsthand 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 lifechanging meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sitins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall.

Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 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. One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. One of YALSA's Top 10 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults. One of YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound. One of Reader's Digest's Graphic Novels Every GrownUp Should Read.

Endorsed by NYC Public Schools' "NYC Reads 365" program. Selected for firstyear reading programs by Michigan State University, Marquette University, and Georgia State University. Named one of the best books of 2013 by USA Today, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book, Paste, Slate, ComicsAlliance, Amazon, and Apple iBooks.