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March: Book Two

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

4.65 AVERAGE

gallagirlreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

cweichel's review

5.0

It's one thing to know about something in a kind of abstract way. It's a different thing completely to delve more deeply into it. Book Two brings the reader into an intimate awareness of what it meant to be a Freedom Rider. It's not easy to be there. I couldn't read this book without constantly setting it aside for a few minutes to catch my breath and let my fear and fury ease off again and again.

skitch41's review

4.0

Once again, this is a fine graphic novel that illustrates the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s from the perspective of John Lewis. Book 2 follows events from the end of the Nashville protests in 1960 to the historic March on Washington in 1963. Like the previous book, it is well drawn and well written. And, like before, don't breeze through the art as there is something to discover in the story in nearly every panel. Again, I wish there had been some color added to the panels, but this is a fine continuation of the series.

awolgs's review

4.0

Lewis led a remarkable life and the stories of his early years are well-told in a graphic novel style. There's something about this style that makes the evil of segregation and racial inequity stark, and I responded audibly to events depicted in the book throughout my reading.

This book picks up where [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] left off, and — as in the first book in the trilogy — the significant risks of pushing against the segregated status quo of the American south are clear. The thoughtful boldness of Lewis and others is inspiring and admirable, and his candor about the disagreements within the civil right movement about tactics and strategy are enlightening.

Even as racial injustice remains to be addressed in the U.S., I'm encouraged by the progress that's been made.

ehmannky's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

This series is beautifully written and illustrated. The amount of history and the amount of information you learn about the Civil Rights movements and all of its factions is tremendous and yet never overwhelming. It's emotional and heartbreaking and inspiring and hopeful and will also make you disappointed we haven't progressed near as much as we should have.

And the art just matches the tone so beautifully. It's in touch with reality without striking out for absolute realism. The stark black and white of the art just hits the reflective tone this book seems to be striking for. I just love it.

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