March: Book One

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon and key figure 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.

Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award — Special Recognition

#1 Washington Post Bestseller

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book

An ALA Notable Book

One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

One of YALSA's Top 10 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

One of YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound

One of Reader's Digest's Graphic Novels Every Grown-Up Should Read

Endorsed by NYC Public Schools' "NYC Reads 365" program

Selected for first-year reading programs by Michigan State University, Marquette University, and Georgia State University

Nominated for three Will Eisner Awards

Nominated for the Glyph Award

Named one of the best books of 2013 by USA Today, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book, Paste, Slate, ComicsAlliance, Amazon, and Apple iBooks.