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bk. 1 ISBN 9781603093002
内容説明
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.
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books selection: recognizing
an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and
young adults: "March: Book One," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin,
illustrated by Nate Powell, and published by Top Shelf Productions.
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bk. 2 ISBN 9781603094009
内容説明
Congressman John Lewis, an American icon
and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his
award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and
artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare
his own generation to join the struggle. Now, March brings the lessons of
history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
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. Faced with beatings, police brutality,
imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement's young activists place their
lives on the line while internal conflicts threaten to tear them apart.
But their courage will attract the
notice of powerful allies, from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy... and once Lewis is elected chairman of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this 23-year-old will be thrust into the
national spotlight, becoming one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights
movement and a central figure in the landmark 1963 March on Washington for Jobs
and Freedom.
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bk. 3 ISBN 9781603094023
内容説明
2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's
Literature
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Welcome to the
stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy.
Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil
rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring
the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for
today's world.
By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has
penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear.
Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront
its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more
intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and
death. The only hope for lasting change is to give voice to the millions of
Americans silenced by voter suppression: "One Man, One
Vote."
To carry out their nonviolent revolution, Lewis and an army
of young activists launch a series of innovative campaigns, including the
Freedom Vote, Mississippi Freedom Summer, and an all-out battle for the soul of
the Democratic Party waged live on national television.
With these new
struggles come new allies, new opponents, and an unpredictable new president who
might be both at once. But fractures within the movement are deepening ... even
as 25-year-old John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a historic showdown
high above the Alabama river, in a town called Selma.
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