Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation.
One of YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for TeensĢ016 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work - WinnerĢ016 Harvey Award for Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation - WinnerĢ016 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album Original - WinnerĢ016 Street Literature Book Award Medal for Best Graphic Novel - WinnerĢ016 Denver Independent Comic & Art Expo Award for Best Work - Mid/Large Press - WinnerĬongressman John Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. and once Lewis is elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this 23-year-old will be thrust into the national spotlight, becoming one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement and a central figure in the landmark 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement's young activists place their lives on the line while internal conflicts threaten to tear them apart.īut their courage will attract the notice of powerful allies, from Martin Luther King, Jr.
After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence - but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before.
Now, March brings the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation to join the struggle.
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