March: Book Three

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2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature2017 Printz Award Winner2017 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner2017 Sibert Medal Winner2017 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner2017 Walter Award Winner
"One of the Best Books of 2016" - Publishers Weekly
Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one ofthe 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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# of Pages: 256

Book Binding: Paperback

Year of Publication: 2016

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

Language: en

ISBN: 9781603094023

John Lewis is a prominent American politician and civil rights leader who co-wrote March: Book Three along with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. Lewis was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and is known for his role in organizing the historic 1963 March on Washington, where he gave a stirring speech alongside Martin Luther King Jr. He has served as a U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district since 1987 and has been awarded numerous honors for his activism and leadership, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Along with Aydin and Powell, Lewis has used his platform and experiences to educate and inspire others through their graphic novel trilogy, March, which chronicles his life and the fight for civil rights.