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4.65 AVERAGE
4.65 AVERAGE
I'd highly recommend this one. Biographical comics often suffer in the art and storytelling department and that's definitely not the case here. It's gripping and a compelling tale about how recently things have actually changed in America. I think it's well worth the read.
slow-paced
Full review on the third book as this is very much one story broken up into 3 books.
Super relevant, well written, and the graphic novel format makes this exceptionally approachable for all readers.
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This middle volume of the March trilogy of graphic novels focuses primarily on the freedom riders, the changing makeup of SNCC, and ends with the March on Washington. The medium of graphic novel lends itself well to illustrating the violence that was inflicted upon the brave men and women who participating in the freedom rides. This book also does some of what the first book does where it jumps ahead in time to Obama's first inauguration, though less in this book. I look forward to reading the conclusion.
Part two of the trilogy is even better than part one. The art is really next level. Incredible. The details man. The things you don't learn in school. This is just good and honest and moving and inspiring and depressing.
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"I know that an education is important and I hope to get one, but human diginity is the most important thing in my life."
This second installment in John Lewis' memoir definitely lived up to the first one. I can't wait to read the third one. This volume follows Lewis' experiences as one of the original Freedom Riders, his rise to leadership in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and ultimately to his speech at the March on Washington in 1963. The memoir is interspersed with moments from Barack Obama's inaugartion in 2009. I found these moments very well placed to help the reader compare and contrast the current day with the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. I think these volumes will make great additions to my classroom library, as well as my U.S. History curriculum. I can't wait to figure out a way to work them into some lessons.
This second installment in John Lewis' memoir definitely lived up to the first one. I can't wait to read the third one. This volume follows Lewis' experiences as one of the original Freedom Riders, his rise to leadership in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and ultimately to his speech at the March on Washington in 1963. The memoir is interspersed with moments from Barack Obama's inaugartion in 2009. I found these moments very well placed to help the reader compare and contrast the current day with the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. I think these volumes will make great additions to my classroom library, as well as my U.S. History curriculum. I can't wait to figure out a way to work them into some lessons.
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inspiring
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This is such a hard book to read, and yet so important. It boggles my mind how abusive and violent people were to the protestors just for being present and asking for change. The protestors, both black and white, accepted so much abuse and refused to respond in kind. I'm glad the book is in black and white, because I think adding color to the book would make it too heart-wrenching to read. The book hits some of the highlights of the Civil Rights movement - the Freedom Rides, the Children's March, the March on Washington, and it ends with the bombing of the church in Birmingham, which means we need to get the last book to see how it all ends. Highly recommended for all but the young and sensitive.
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