John Lewis is Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District Representative, well-known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement—from organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville in 1961 to holding the Chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to being one of the key architects of the historic March on Washington in August of 1963.
This July, he added “graphic memoirist” to his resume.
The Congressman’s story of his time working in the Civil Rights movement has been captured in comic book form in March: Book One, a project authored by Lewis and staffer Andrew Aydin and illustrated by artist Nate Powell.
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