Nate Powell
Author
Series
Run (John Lewis) volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Graphic Novels ALSC 2022 (6-8)
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Graphic Novels ALSC 2022 (6-8)
Description
"For John Lewis, the Civil Rights Movement as he knew it ended with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, but his struggle in the following years echo many of the same questions of civil rights and equality that are being asked today. The movement secured the right to sit at a lunch counter, but what about the right to earn a dollar to pay for your meal? Ousted from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee due to internal disorder, Lewis...