“So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through.” FirstsBookProcessMarch Author:Andrew Aydin
“I think people who agree with Donald Trump have repeatedly made the case that he should be able to say whatever he wants to say, it's time someone did that. But as we go and speak to the kids, the young people who are reading March, we see the fear, we hear them tell us how scared they are.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldMadeKidsAbleYoungReadingSpeakCasesTrumpAgreeScaredMarch Author:Andrew Aydin
“It's important to realize that the series actually grows with the reader. "March: Book One" is a great introduction for kids as young as eight or nine years old. But then they grow with the reader. Book Two is bigger, Book Three is even bigger. And they grow more violent and more confrontational.” YearsTwoImportantBookKidsYoungThreeGrowsRealizingReaderBiggerSeriesEightNineViolentMarchIntroductionNine YearsBook Readers Author:Andrew Aydin
“"March" was inspired by "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." I actually first heard about that comic from John Lewis, who told me that it played an important role in the movement. And so once he told me about that, it made me start thinking, "Well, why doesn't John Lewis write his own comic book?".” ThinkingWritingFirstsWellsMadeImportantBookStoriesRolesHeardMovementKingsInspiredComicMarchComic BookLutherMontgomery Author:Andrew Aydin
“We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the fulfillment of Dr. [Martin Luther] King's dream, but it was a major down payment.” ImportantMomentsStoriesDreamRightsMovementKingsMajorsCivil RightsBarackFulfillmentMarchDrsLutherPaymentCivil Rights MovementInaugurationDr Martin Luther KingImportant Moments Author:Andrew Aydin
“I think this ['March']is essential reading to understand the Black Lives Matter movement. I think it's also essential reading for the Black Lives Matter movement, so that they understand the political context that they're engaging in.” ThinkingMatterPoliticalReadingBlackMovementEssentialsMarchEngagingBlack Lives MatterBlack Lives Author:Andrew Aydin
“I think ['March'] is not just for the Black Lives Matter movement. It's for everyone. We all have to understand what happened then, so we can understand what's happening now.” ThinkingMatterBlackHappenedMovementHappeningsMarchBlack Lives MatterBlack Lives Author:Andrew Aydin
“I spent almost two years working on this book ['March'] before we ever had a publisher, before we ever had a title. And when you're reading it, and you're writing it, and you're ingesting it, sometimes a single word just comes up over and over and over again. And if you're trying to capture the essence of what it is you're trying to tell, you don't have a whole lot of space.” IfsWritingTryingYearsTwoBookSometimesWholeReadingSpaceEssenceCome UpTitlesTwo YearsMarchCapturePublishersSingle Word Author:Andrew Aydin
“I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi in the summer of 1964, and unrelenting faith in the power of democracy to organize such a massive campaign.” PeopleTodayYoungDemocracySummerGuidesCampaignsMarchMassiveActivistOrganizeVolunteerMississippiUnrelenting Author:Andrew Aydin
