and the second volume, March: Book Two, was published in January 2015, with both volumes receiving positive reviews. The first volume, March: Book One, was published in August 2013, by Top Shelf Productions. The series is written by Lewis and Andrew Aydin, and illustrated and lettered by Nate Powell. The March trilogy is an autobiographical black and white graphic novel trilogy about the Civil rights movement, told through the perspective of civil rights leader and U.S.

Powell has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.Cover to March: Book One. Powell is the first and only cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. 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. He began self-publishing at age 14, and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. 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). Kennedy Book Award Special Recognition, and the Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, among other honors. 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. He lives in Atlanta, GA.Īndrew Aydin is creator and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling graphic memoir series, MARCH. Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal, among many others. He is also the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions including the Lincoln Medal, the John F.

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. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Congressman John Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.

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