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4.65 AVERAGE
4.65 AVERAGE
I'm late to the party on this one because I was waiting for them to come out with one comprehensive volume. This may or may not have happened yet, but the library doesn't have it if it does exist. I started to feel an urgency to read it, and since all three volumes are out, decided that was good enough. I'll post the same review on all three volumes.
John Lewis recounts the civil rights movement from his first-hand perspective. All three volumes are framed with the narrative of Lewis remembering these events on the day of Barack Obama's inauguration. Ugh, SO poignant in these dark times.
It was tough to read at points, on an emotional level, and I was glad to be able to take it a bit at a time over my breaks at work.
He's not afraid of going into the nitty-gritty. Disagreements between factions of the movement, differing philosophies, the times where he was representing a group vs. when he was acting personally.
And it's all stunningly rendered by Nate Powell. I mean. That person knows his way around a stick with ink or graphite coming out of it! Obv.
This isn't intended to be the whole picture - of the civil rights movement, OR of John Lewis' life. I got the sense that it's a piece created because he's one of the last living leaders of the 1960s movement, and he wants to get a firsthand account on record. There are many names and faces and acronyms, and at times it's hard to keep everyone straight. The importance isn't lost though. This piece of history is critically important to our times.
Extra star because of the scope and uniqueness of the work.
I'm including this on my GN-Travelogue shelf because Lewis does travel all across the eastern USA, and in any larger survey of the genre, his coverage of the Freedom Rider part of history would be especially relevant.
John Lewis recounts the civil rights movement from his first-hand perspective. All three volumes are framed with the narrative of Lewis remembering these events on the day of Barack Obama's inauguration. Ugh, SO poignant in these dark times.
It was tough to read at points, on an emotional level, and I was glad to be able to take it a bit at a time over my breaks at work.
He's not afraid of going into the nitty-gritty. Disagreements between factions of the movement, differing philosophies, the times where he was representing a group vs. when he was acting personally.
And it's all stunningly rendered by Nate Powell. I mean. That person knows his way around a stick with ink or graphite coming out of it! Obv.
This isn't intended to be the whole picture - of the civil rights movement, OR of John Lewis' life. I got the sense that it's a piece created because he's one of the last living leaders of the 1960s movement, and he wants to get a firsthand account on record. There are many names and faces and acronyms, and at times it's hard to keep everyone straight. The importance isn't lost though. This piece of history is critically important to our times.
Extra star because of the scope and uniqueness of the work.
I'm including this on my GN-Travelogue shelf because Lewis does travel all across the eastern USA, and in any larger survey of the genre, his coverage of the Freedom Rider part of history would be especially relevant.
The second instalment of this trilogy was a lot more jam-packed. A lot of new characters, a lot happening. The illustrations are what really make this graphic novel amazing. It just adds so much more to what we know happened. It just makes the experience liveable and it really has you understanding and feeling what these activists were going through while they were fighting for their rights. Excellent book, loved it.
March: Book Two is a powerful continuation of John Lewis' participation and leadership in the civil rights movement. This book was even more powerful to me than Book One because of all the protesters had to endure for what they believed in.
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informative
inspiring
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Another good graphic novel in the March series. This once focused on the Freedom Riders.
