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1. March Vol. 3, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
The U.S. Congressman concludes his trilogy of graphic memoir with this, about his Civil Rights activism. The comic book, which recently won the National Book Award for young people’s literature (though it is for adults as well), begins with the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and continues through the emotional inauguration of Barack Obama.
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