Description |
3 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Summary |
This graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account of Congressman 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 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. Book two takes place after the Nashville sit-in campaign. 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 D.C., and from receiving beatings from state troopers, to receiving the Medal of Freedom awarded to him by Barack Obama, the first African-American president. |
Awards |
Book One Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2014 |
Subject |
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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African American legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- (OCoLC)fst01830728
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00511190
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United States. Congress. House. (OCoLC)fst00536930
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African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
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African American legislators. (OCoLC)fst00799220
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
(OCoLC)fst00799575
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Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
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Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
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Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
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Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Historical comics (OCoLC)fst01921682
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Autobiographical comics.
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Historical comics.
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Graphic novels.
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Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
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Autobiographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921583
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Aydin, Andrew, author.
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Powell, Nate, illustrator.
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Top Shelf Productions (Marietta, Ga.), publisher.
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ISBN |
9780606324366 (bk. 1 : hbk.) |
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0606324364 (bk. 1 : hbk.) |
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9781603093002 (bk. 1 : pbk.) |
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1603093001 (bk. 1 : pbk.) |
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9780606365475 (bk. 2 : hbk.) |
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0606365478 (bk. 2 : hbk.) |
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9781603094009 (bk. 2 : pbk.) |
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1603094008 (bk. 2 : pbk.) |
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9781603094023 (bk. 3 : pbk.) |
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1603094024 (bk. 3 : pbk.) |