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Best new thing in the world. are you ready? ready? ready. these images are from march. the stunning three-book series to have graphic novels, depicting the life and life's work of civil rights hero, john lewis. since the first of the march books came out, congressman lewis has been gracious enough to come on this show with his co-author, andrew iden, and with artist, nate powell. the three of them have come here to this show, to be here with us, to launch each step in this trilogy of incredible graphic novels they have put out. and they really are breathtaking. they show and explain, i think, ...

The east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. best new thing in the world. are you ready? ready? ready. these images are from march. the stunning three-book series to have graphic novels, depicting the life and life's work of civil rights hero, john lewis. since the first of the march books came out, congressman lewis has been gracious enough to come on this show with his co-author, andrew iden, and with artist, nate powell. the three of them have come here to this show, to be here with us, to launch each step in this trilogy of incredible graph...

>> thank you. this is unreal. this is unbelievable. i remember in 1956, when i was 16 years old some of my brothers and sisters and cousins going down to the library, trying to get library cards. and we were told that the libraries were for whites only, not for colors. and to come here and receive this award. >> congratulations to congressman john lewis and andrew iden and nate powell. congratulations to everybody who read "march," including the approximately 14 gazillion of

And true to form, his acceptance speech was -- just watch. >> thank you. this is unreal. this is unbelievable. i remember in 1956, when i was 16 years old some of my brothers and sisters and cousins going down to the library, trying to get library cards. and we were told that the libraries were for whites only, not for colors. and to come here and receive this award. >> congratulations to congressman john lewis and andrew iden and nate powell. congratulations to everybody who

Including lunch counter sit-ins and freedom rides. he had been beaten and arrested dozens of times. by then, he led the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he had already been the youngest speaker at the 1963 march on washington, alongside his hero, the reverend martin luther king jr. now, as the only surviving speaker of the march on washington, now in his 27th year in congress, civil rights icon john lewis has decided to pay it forward, working with acclaimed comic book artist nate powell and with a young staffer named andrew iden, who was so captivated by the idea of that 1958 comic,...