RUN TP

Run, winner of the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir, is an essential graphic novel - at home or in the classroom. First you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling team behind March: this sequel to the New York Times bestselling series continues the life story of John Lewis and illuminates the struggles in the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign.

For many, the civil rights movement ended with the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. All too often, the historical narrative breaks off after a major victory. But John Lewis knew: victories are only the beginning.

John Lewis was one of the defining figures of the movement: he led sit-ins, fought as an original Freedom Rider against segregation on interstate bus lines, became chairman of the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), and was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington. He helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the delegate challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. He also led the march from Selma to Montgomery - the day that went down in history as “Bloody Sunday.”

In Run, John Lewis and his longtime co-author Andrew Aydin, together with the award-winning illustrator of the March trilogy, Nate Powell, and newcomer L. Fury, tell the often overlooked next chapter of civil rights history.

“When I share my story, I hope a new generation will be inspired by Run to participate actively in the democratic process and help build an even more perfect union in America.” - Congressman John Lewis

“Run tells the lost story of what too often follows dramatic change - the backlash from those who reject it, and the resistance of those who believe the change has not gone far enough. John Lewis’s story has always been a complex tale of bravery, loss, and redemption - and Run gives a vivid, energetic voice to a chapter of transformation in his young, already extraordinary life.” - Stacey Abrams

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