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John Lewis, Civil Rights, Graphic Novels and Comic Books

John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020, civil rights activist and leader

will be remembered for many things including the three  volume graphic novel, March, that he co-authored with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell

Teachers guide at 
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/guides/march-book-one-teachers-guide.pdf
http://cbldf.org/2014/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-march-book-one/

https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/education-outreach/book-of-the-month-march-book-one.pdf

 https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/education-outreach/book-of-the-month-march-book-one-parent-guide.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw8T5fEOI3YsNnNjQVE4WVVJR28/view

Teachers guide at 
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/guides/march-book-two-teachers-guide.pdf
http://cbldf.org/2015/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-march-book-two/
https://www.diamondbookshelf.com/Home/1/1/20/1282?articleID=159876
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw8T5fEOI3YsTTJQU2dHbzQ4NkU/view

Teachers guide at 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw8T5fEOI3YsVVJUUjhiVmlwZzA/view

http://cbldf.org/2017/07/using-graphic-novels-in-education-march-book-three/

People  may wonder why John Lewis chose a graphic novel form to tell his life story. The precedent was set many years ago by Martin Luther King Jr. see here for the background story

https://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/07/martin-luther-king-jr-1956-comic-book.html