Congressman John Lewiswas a leader in the American Civil Rights
Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end
segregation. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and
serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the
philosophy of nonviolence. He is co-author of the first comics work
to ever win the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times
bestselling graphic novel memoir trilogyMARCH, written with Andrew
Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell. He is also the recipient of
numerous awards from national and international institutions
including the Lincoln Medal, the John F. Kennedy "Profile in
Courage" Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal,
among many others. He lives in Atlanta, GA.
Andrew Aydinis creator and co-author of the #1 New York Times
best-selling graphic memoir series,MARCH. Co-authored with Rep.
Lewis and illustrated by Nate Powell,MARCHis the first comics work
to ever win the National Book Award, and is a recipient of the Will
Eisner Comics Industry Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Special Recognition, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author
Honor, among other honors. Aydin's other comics work includes
writing theX-Files Annual 2016(IDW), writing for theCBLDF Liberty
Annual 2016(Image), and writing an upcoming issue ofBitch
Planet(Image).
Nate Powellis a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born
in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He began self-publishing at age
14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. His work
includesMARCH,You Don't Say,Any Empire,Swallow Me Whole,The Silence
Of Our Friends,The Year Of The Beasts, and Rick Riordan'sThe Lost
Hero. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the
National Book Award. Powell has discussed his work at the United
Nations, as well as on MSNBC'sThe Rachel Maddow Showand CNN.
"With March, Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of
some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. In
graphic novel form, his first-hand account makes these historic
events both accessible and relevant to an entire new generation of
Americans." - LeVar Burton
"March offers a poignant portrait of an iconic figure that both
entertains and edifies, and deserves to be placed alongside other
historical graphic memoirs like Persepolis and Maus." -
Entertainment Weekly
"A riveting chronicle of Lewis's extraordinary life... it
powerfully illustrates how much perseverance is needed to achieve
fundamental social change." - O, The Oprah Magazine
"Essential reading... March is a moving and important
achievement... the story of a true American superhero." - USA
Today
"There is perhaps no more important modern book to be stocked in
American school libraries than March." - The Washington Post
"Brave acts of civil disobedience... [give] March its educational
value even as Powell's drawings give Lewis's crisp narration an
emotional power."- The New York Times
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