![]() ![]() Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.īook 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. 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. Written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, Illustrated by Nate Powell ![]() Staff photo by Jimmy Ellis (The Tennessean) Luther Harris, Fisk student who acted as spokesman for the group, said it was the first effort in the South to desegregate drugstore faclities. 60civilrights04…Negro students sit as a closed sign went up immediately when they attempted to get served at the lunch counter of Walgreen’s drugstore on Fifth Ave. ![]()
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