John Lewis

John Lewis was an American civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He took part in the Nashville sit-ins and the Freedom Rides, chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966, and led the first Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. His memoirs, Across That Bridge and Walking with the Wind, tell that story firsthand, and the March graphic novels, written with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, retell it in comics.