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 1950s 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 --back flap
