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.

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.

We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through sequential storytelling. I mean, a good comic-book panel is not that much different than a meme.

Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have a Dream." And that's it!

You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society.

If voting wasn't important, why would they be spending so much time and so much energy trying to stop you from doing it?

We don't want to just tell [students] who the people are, we don't want to just tell them what happened - we want to show the process by which it formed itself.