March: Book One (Common Text 2015-2016): March: Book One

The author looks at the civil rights movement in the US. South as of 1963, on the occasion of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom. He recounts his recent visit to Greenwood, Mississippi, describing the voting rights organizing work being done there by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, or Snick). He cites SNCC chairman John Lewis as the only speaker at the march who accurately noted the failures of the U.S. President John Kennedy administration on the issue.

JOHN LEWI'S BEST-SELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL DEPICTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS THE FIRST IN A TRILOGY, DESIGNED TO TELL THE CIVIL RIGHTS STORY IN AN EASY-TO-READ MEDIUM

The article presents a profile of author and U.S. civil rights activist John Lewis, particularly noting the release of his graphic memoir "March: Book One," which will be released in August 2013. He comments on his decision to use the graphic novel format as a way of reaching young people, the book's use of traditional superhero comic structure, and his role in fighting segregation in the U.S. South in the 1950s and 1960s

This article explores the potential of the graphic novel as a means to approach history and historiography in secondary school social studies and history classrooms. Because graphic novels convey their messages through the interaction of visuals and written text, they require reading that is across the grain. They have been likened to hypertext, a format with which students are increasingly familiar, because they are flexible and open-ended and can be approached in multi-layered ways, and read along both linear and nonlinear paths. This format holds promise for increasing students' tolerance of ambiguity and appreciation for the nature of history as interpretation.

This article explores how immigrant experiences are represented in the narratives of three graphic novels published in the last decade: Tan's (2007) "The Arrival," Kiyama's (1931/1999) "The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924," and Yang's (2006) "American Born Chinese." Through a theoretical lens informed by work in critical literacy, the author examines how images and words in graphic novels privilege certain perspectives and merit critique in their representations of immigrant experiences. This article takes a look at how graphic novels representing immigrant experiences can assist English language arts teachers interested in studying immigration issues in their classrooms by offering inquiries into how three specific immigrant experiences are constructed through graphic novels. It also invites English language arts teachers to engage in dialogue with their students about immigrant experiences as inroads to understanding the vastly complex issues surrounding immigration.

The article discusses civil rights legislation and voting rights in the U.S. as of June 2013, with a focus on the life and work of civil rights activist John Lewis, who participated in the march to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 in a demonstration for equal civil rights, which came to be known as "Bloody Sunday" for the attack on protesters by Alabama state troopers. Topics include efforts to register black voters; Lewis's career as a congressman from Atlanta, Georgia; and Lewis's role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Also discussed are the views of U.S. Supreme Court Justices on voting discrimination and voter suppression regarding a challenge to the VRA in 2013.

The article chronicles the August 28, 1963 civil rights march on Washington, D.C. to demand an end to racial segregation. Over 250,000 people gathered at the National Mall to call for equal rights and hear activist Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream." Some of the guest speakers included white minister Eugene Carson Blake and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman John Lewis. In his speech, King outlined his vision for America