John Lewis

LA HISTORIA DE UNA LUCHA CONTRA LO ESTABLECIDO CONTADA POR UNO DE SUS PROTAGONISTASEl congresista John Lewis es una de las figuras más importantes del movimiento por los derechos civiles del pueblo afroamericano de EE. UU.Su compromiso con la justicia y la no violencia le llevó de una granja de Alabama al Congreso de los Estados Unidos de América, de una escuela segregada a la Marcha de Washington de 1963, y de recibir duras palizas de la policía estatal a ser reconocido con la Medalla de la Libertad por el primer presidente afroamericano de EE. UU.Ahora, con la intención de compartir su historia con las nuevas generaciones, Lewis presenta March, una premiada novela gráfica creada en colaboración con Andrew Aydin y el artista Nate Powell.Hace muchos años, John Lewis y otros estudiantes activistas se inspiraron en un cómic de los años 1950 sobre Martin Luther King Jr. Hoy, su propio cómic rememora esa época para nuevos lectores, dejando constancia de un movimiento cuyos ecos seguirán oyéndose durante muchas generaciones.

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 1950s 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.(Back flap)

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! 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 young activists of the movement struggle with internal conflicts as well. 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.

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.

Although it has been decades since the historic social upheavals of the 1960s, Americans continue to look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. With an engaged electorate once again confronting questions of social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s and no better leader to learn from than Congressman John Lewis. In Across That Bridge, Lewis draws from his experience as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless guidance to anyone seeking to live virtuously and transform the world. His wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful ideas will inspire a new generation to usher in a freer, more peaceful society. The Civil Rights Movement gave rise to the protest culture we know today, and the experiences of leaders like Lewis have never been more relevant. Now, more than ever, this nation needs a strong and moral voice to guide an engaged population through visionary change. Lewis was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and played a key role in the struggle to end segregation. Despite more than forty arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He is the author of his autobiography, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of a Movement, and is the recipient of numerous awards from national and international institutions, including the Lincoln Medal; the John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage" Lifetime Achievement Award (the only one of its kind ever awarded); the NAACP Spingarn Medal; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, among many others. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. "The most important lesson I have learned in the fifty years I have spent working toward the building of a better world is that the true work of social transformation starts within. It begins inside your own heart and mind, because the battleground of human transformation is really, more than any other thing, the struggle within the human consciousness to believe and accept what is true. Thus to truly revolutionize our society, we must first revolutionize ourselves. We must be the change we seek if we are to effectively demand transformation from others." --from John Lewis's Across That Bridge

An eloquent, epic firsthand account of the civil rights movement by a man who lived it-an American hero whose courage, vision, and dedication helped change history. The son of an Alabama sharecropper, and now a sixth-term United States Congressman, John Lewis has led an extraordinary life, one that found him at the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the late '50s and '60s. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was present at all the major battlefields of the movement. Arrested more than forty times and severely beaten on several occasions, he was one of the youngest yet most courageous leaders. Written with charm, warmth, and honesty, Walking with the Wind offers rare insight into the movement and the personalities of all the civil rights leaders-what was happening behind the scenes, the infighting, struggles, and triumphs. Lewis takes us from the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where he led more than five hundred marchers on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." While there have been exceptional books on the movement, there has never been a front-line account by a man like John Lewis. A true American hero, his story is "destined to become a classic in civil rights literature." (Los Angeles Times)

First you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling, award–winning team behind March comes the first book in their new, groundbreaking graphic novel series, Run: Book One “In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help build a more perfect Union here in America.” –Congressman John LewisThe sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March—the continuation of the life story of John Lewis and the struggles seen across the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign.To John Lewis, the civil rights movement came to an end with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. But that was after more than five years as one of the preeminent figures of the movement, leading sit–in protests and fighting segregation on interstate busways as an original Freedom Rider. It was after becoming chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and being the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. It was after helping organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the ensuing delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. And after coleading the march from Selma to Montgomery on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” All too often, the depiction of history ends with a great victory. But John Lewis knew that victories are just the beginning. In Run: Book One, John Lewis and longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin reteam with Nate Powell—the award–winning illustrator of the March trilogy—and are joined by L. Fury—making an astonishing graphic novel debut—to tell this often overlooked chapter of civil rights history.

*National Bestseller*A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to “good trouble” continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and advice—exclusively immortalized in these pages—as a message to the generations to come.Organized by topic ranging from justice, courage, faith, mentorship, and forgiveness to the protests and the pandemic, and many more besides, Carry On collects the late Congressman’s thoughts for readers to draw on whenever they are in need of guidance. John Lewis had great confidence in our future, even as he died in the midst of one of our country’s most challenging years to date. With this book, he performs that crucial passing of the baton, empowering us to live up to the legacy he has left us with his perseverance, dedication, profound insight, and unwavering ability to see the good in life.

Top Shelf celebrates Free Comic Book Day with 32 pages of excerpts from March Book One, Book Two, and Book Three (coming summer 2016). The first graphic novel from a sitting member of Congress, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and American icon. John Lewis rose from humble beginnings to become a national leader of the civil rights movement. This is his story, from an Alabama farm to the March on Washington and beyond, co-written by Andrew Aydin and brought to astonishing life by Nate Powell in a graphic novel trilogy.

Le député John Lewis incarne, depuis plus de cinquante ans, une voix morale vibrante dans la quête de l'égalité et je suis enchanté qu'il partage aujourd'hui avec les jeunes leaders de l'Amérique ses souvenirs du mouvement des droits civiques. Avec Wake Up America, c'est une nouvelle génération qu'il entraîne à sa suite sur le pont Edmund Pettus, des poings serrés d'hier aux mains tendues de demain.

Second volet de l évocation de la lutte pour la conquête des droits civiques dans l Amérique ségrégationniste, dans un registre vibrant. Ce grand récit réaliste relate la longue marche des Noirs américains pour l égalité des droits. À travers le personnage de John Lewis, figure historique du mouvement aux côtés de Martin Luther King, les auteurs retracent le combat des militants pour les droits civiques au tournant des années cinquante et soixante. Le Sud ségrégationniste y est dépeint dans toute sa violence et son injustice.

Il y a ceux qui refusent d'aller plus loin dans la résistance et ceux qui considèrent que le changement n'est pas allé assez loin. Suite directe de Wake Up America, ce nouveau récit reprend en 1965, après la signature de la Loi sur les droits de vote. A ce moment-là, John Lewis et ses camarades sont de nouveau arrêtés alors que le Ku Klux Klan prépare sa plus grande marche masquée depuis des années. Méticuleusement documenté et mis à jour, Lewis raconte les combats gagnés et les doutes d'un mouvement de lutte pour sauvegarder les acquis juridiques durement gagnés et devenir une force électorale pendant que la guerre du Vietnam occupe le paysage médiatique américain. Bien souvent, l'Histoire ne va pas au-delà des victoires, John Lewis nous montre ici qu'elles ne sont en fait que le début d'autres combats à venir.

These postcards showcase the words and artwork of MARCH, the New York Times bestseller about the life of Congressman John Lewis.Featuring a special essay by Andrew Aydin on the power of written engagement, this book of postcards invites civic involvement and makes a special gift for activists, comics fans, and collectors alike.

This journal celebrates the words and artwork of MARCH, the New York Times bestseller about the life of Congressman John Lewis. Fully illustrated, the MARCH Journal encourages a new generation of activists to dream, plan, and fight for the causes they care about. Contents include: • An introduction by Andrew Aydin • Pages to record contact information for government officials • Inspirational words and artwork from MARCH throughout

Second volet de l’évocation de la lutte pour la conquête des droits civiques dans l’Amérique ségrégationniste, dans un registre vibrant. Ce grand récit réaliste relate la longue marche des Noirs américains pour l’égalité des droits. À travers le personnage de John Lewis, fi­gure historique du mouvement aux côtés de Martin Luther King, les auteurs retracent le combat des militants pour les droits civiques au tournant des années cinquante et soixante. Le Sud ségréga­tionniste y est dépeint dans toute sa violence Et son injustice.