March: Book One: 1 Author: John Lewis | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CTBU3NC | Format: EPUB
March: Book One: 1 Description
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures 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 African-American president.
Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole).
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 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.
- File Size: 91508 KB
- Print Length: 128 pages
- Publisher: Top Shelf Productions (August 13, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CTBU3NC
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,464 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Every so often a book will come along that will challenge you, that will make you think, and that will hopefully leave you a bit better after you've read it. And this is just one such book. Yes that seems weird to say about a graphic novel, but trust me...this one deserves such praise. This is a book that everyone should read, and then reread again. And then pass on to others to read. This is a part of history that we should not let die, remember, and honor those that created it.
Congressman John Lewis is an iconic figure within the Civil Rights movement, and the last surviving member of the "big six leadership." He rose from being the son of sharecropper, to marching with Martin Luther King, and to the halls of Congress. This first book in a planned trilogy covers John Lewis's youth in rural Alabama, his first meeting with Martin Luther King, the birth of the Nashville Student movement, and the battle for desegregation on the steps of City Hall. And it comes to an end all to quickly. I finished the book saying "but, but...I want more! I need the rest of the story now!" And that's such a great way to leave readers, clamoring for the next part of the story. It's a powerful and moving story to see a firsthand account of the triumphs and sorrows of being involved in this time period in history.
Now I'm sure the first question many are asking is...why a graphic novel? Couldn't this be done in written form and come out just as well. And the answer would be...no. It's one thing to read about the horrors or having water tossed on you, or being beaten, all because of the color of your skin. It's a completely different matter to see it illustrated.
"March: Book 1" is a story of United States Congressman John Lewis, the story about his childhood and his career begin. The book is illustrated by New York Times comic-book artist Nate Powell and it shows to the reader not only Lewis' life history and accomplishments but a portrait of the time when the struggle for civil rights was fiercest. Lewis was became known as a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement in the American south and the organizer of a peaceful march in Alabama back in 1965 that was suppressed by police applying brute force, also known as "Bloody Sunday".
"March: Book 1" starts with the beginning of march and then the story goes backwards, to his Alabama childhood that he spent on his family's farm in 1940s. The author manages to show with the positive outlook these troublesome times and taking into consideration that he was himself victim of struggle for human rights it is so beautiful. Although I'm not US citizen and my perspective about American social revolution for that reason is a bit different I can understand how important was John Lewis' role and still is.
Book is told in the style American South is usually imagined, full of dust, oppressed and poor, far from beautiful, but certainly realistic. Main character never complained about his or black people in general difficult life due to the racism, instead he is only committed to make changes peacefully, that is something that motivates him further. In the end this story is not sad but it will make you feel better when you see how things had changed because of Lewis and men like him.
"March: Book 1" is a book full of hope and strength regardless of the dark part of the history it pictures.
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