Then the arrests are followed by jail, court hearings, refusals to pay fine, and more jail. The refusals, the abuse, the beatings, and the refusal of the police to intervene are all shown. The beginning of their activism was to press for the desegregation of Nashville’s lunch counters. Be sure to read the instructions given every volunteer on page 97. The graphic depiction of this training, and the supplement practice of that discipline helps one grasp in a new way the costliness and courage of the non-violent way. He describes the workshops and the verbal and physical assaults to see if any would break under the stress. The next stage in his development was his training with James Lawson in the practice of non-violent resistance. This led to his decision to transfer to Troy State and his first meeting with Dr. He describes his passion for education, first encounters with the preaching of Martin Luther King, Jr on the radio, his opportunity to go to seminary, and discovery of the social gospel. He describes the trip north with his Uncle Otis, and his discovery that racial segregation wasn’t the same in the north. He begins with life on his parent’s farm in Pike County Alabama, his early religious awakening and his “ministry” with his chickens. They receive far more, as they meet John Lewis, who narrates the course of his life. A family from Atlanta stops into his office to see the office of this famous civil rights pioneer. Lewis makes his way to his congressional office, preparing for his procession and seating to witness the swearing in of the first Black president. In this graphic non-fiction set of three books, we hear from John Lewis himself.īook One begins, after the scene of the confrontation on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the brutal beating of Lewis, on January 20, 2009, the morning of the inauguration of Barack Obama. Jon Meacham recently published His Truth is Marching On on the life of John Lewis ( review). We lost one of the last great civil rights leaders of the 1950’s and 1960’s with the death of Congressman John Lewis this past July. that changed the course of his life, and his early efforts in the desegregation of lunch counters in Nashville.

Book One focuses on his youth, the contact with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Summary: A graphic non-fiction biography of John Lewis. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2013.

March: Book One, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin (co-author), Nate Powell (artist).

March by john lewis