March: Book Three Paperback / softback

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

Illustrated by Nate Powell

Part of the March series

Paperback / softback

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2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People'sLiterature#1 New York Times BestsellerWelcome to thestunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civilrights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bringthe lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant fortoday's world. By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement haspenetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the StudentNonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confrontits own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows moreintense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, anddeath.

The only hope for lasting change is to give voice to the millions ofAmericans silenced by voter suppression: "One Man, OneVote."To carry out their nonviolent revolution, Lewis and an armyof young activists launch a series of innovative campaigns, including theFreedom Vote, Mississippi Freedom Summer, and an all-out battle for the soul ofthe Democratic Party waged live on national television. With these newstruggles come new allies, new opponents, and an unpredictable new president whomight be both at once.

But fractures within the movement are deepening ... evenas 25-year-old John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a historic showdownhigh above the Alabama river, in a town called Selma.