March: Book One (March, #1) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

 March: Book One (March, #1) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell-121 pages

This is the first of three graphic autobiography books by John Lewis about his childhood and his participation in the Civil Rights Movement. Lewis went to college in Nashville, Tennessee and joined in on peaceful sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown Nashville. He was inspired by and met Martin Luther King, Jr while attending college. The humiliation and physical (and emotional) abuse Lewis and his compatriots endured is heartbreaking. He and others involved in the sit-ins were arrested and jailed for their involvement for "disturbing the peace," even though they were beaten and humiliated. He was a believer and follower of the non-violence movement. John Lewis was a very inspirational man. It was cool that he got to see some of the fruits of his labor in the Civil Rights movement, especially Barack Obama becoming the first African-American president. I really liked this book and I want to read Books Two and Three at some point.