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Civil Rights Leader Takes A Page From The Comics

By Hady Mawajdeh,
Frank Stasio
Published October 1, 2014 at 12:05 PM EDT
Cover to the first installment of John Lewis' March trilogy of graphic novels
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Cover of the first installment of John Lewis' March trilogy of graphic novels
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Cover of 1956's Martin Luther King "Montgomery Story" Comic Book.
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Cover of 1956's Martin Luther King "Montgomery Story" Comic Book.
John Lewis 1964
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John Lewis 1964
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John Lewis 2013 at ComicCon
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John Lewis 2013 at ComicCon
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John Lewis and Co-Author Andrew Aydin chat with Niel deGrasse Tyson at ComicCon
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John Lewis and Co-Author Andrew Aydin chat with Niel deGrasse Tyson at ComicCon
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Congressman John Lewis (middle), Andrew Aydin (right), and Nate Powell (left) on the Edmund Pettus bridge.
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Congressman John Lewis (middle), Andrew Aydin (right), and Nate Powell (left) on the Edmund Pettus bridge.

(D-Ga.) was once inspired to fight for civil rights by a about and his nonviolent protest in Montgomery, Alabama. 

Now, more than 50 years after the , Congressman Lewis is turning his historic actions into a graphic novel meant to inspire young people.

Host Frank Stasio talks with  Rep. John Lewis and his co-author, Andrew Aydin, about their graphic novel (Top Shelf Productions/2013). The book provides the theme for this year鈥檚 program. Rep. Lewis and Aydin will kick off the Durham Reads Together program on Saturday, October 4 at 2:30 pm at the B.N. Duke Auditorium at North Carolina Central University.

Host Frank Stasio and Rep. Lewis will present a discussion on the book at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham on Sunday, October 5 at 3 pm.

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Hady Mawajdeh
Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.
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