March
by John Lewis
Buy on AmazonMarch 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.…
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"If you only have the bandwidth for one activism-related narrative, you should read March . This should be required reading in every school. John Lewis takes readers through the experience of fighting for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent figures in the movement. It’s a graphic novel , so it’s a quick read that never bogs the reader down with tragedy. It shows that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when powered by belief in their cause."
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