![]() ![]() Teen Vogue: March details your brutal confrontations with the police and touches on figures like Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X who advocated the self-defense ideology for African-Americans. ![]() It also introduces us to many of the hidden figures of the civil rights movement, such as Fannie Lou Hamer, Bayard Rustin, and other icons who were invaluable assets to the movement. The resulting March trilogy consists of three black-and-white graphic novels that paint a vivid picture of the congressman’s life as he went from young reluctant farmhand to burgeoning indomitable activist right to brave and experienced politician. A couple of years later, Powell joined the team, adding his deft artistic touch. ![]() Since Aydin wrote his masters thesis on that very comic, he suggested that the congressman create a graphic novel on his life in the civil rights movement, an idea that Lewis was initially reluctant about but ultimately jumped on board with after Aydin assured him that he would be a major part of the entire project. ![]() congressman for Georgia's 5th district, he learned that the congressman was inspired to become an activist after reading the 1950s comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. In 2008, when Aydin was working on Congressman Lewis's reelection bid to remain the U.S. ![]()
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