Nothing surprised me more, and meant more to me, than seeing an entire class of ninth graders mob Congressman [John] Lewis at a book festival.
Andrew AydinIf voting wasn't important, why would they be spending so much time and so much energy trying to stop you from doing it?
Andrew AydinI 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.
Andrew AydinWe 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.
Andrew AydinI went on to write my graduate thesis on the ["Montgomery Story"] comic book itself. It was the first long-form history that was ever written about it. And it's how I found out Martin Luther King actually helped edit "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story."
Andrew AydinI 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.
Andrew Aydin