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"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."--page 3 of cover.

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Main Authors: Lewis, John, 1940-2020 (Author), Aydin, Andrew (Author)
Other Authors: Powell, Nate (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2015]
Series:March ; #02
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Lewis, John, > 1940-2020 > Young adult nonfiction.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
African American legislators > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
African American civil rights workers > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > Young adult nonfiction.
Autobiographical comics > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Nonfiction comics > Young adult.
Historical comics > Young adult.
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Summary:"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."--page 3 of cover.
Item Description:"Designed by Chris Ross and Nate Powell"--Colophon.
Book two of a graphic novel trilogy.
Physical Description:187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781603094009 (paperback) :
1603094008 (paperback) :
Author Notes:Congressman John Lewis was 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 trilogy MARCH , 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 Aydin is 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, MARCH is 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 the X-Files Annual 2016 (IDW), writing for the CBLDF Liberty Annual 2016 (Image), and writing an upcoming issue of Bitch Planet (Image).

Nate Powell is 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 includes MARCH , You Don't Say , Any Empire , Swallow Me Whole , The Silence Of Our Friends , The Year Of The Beasts , and Rick Riordan's The 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's The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.

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