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Most excellent. The art and the words combine to really make this time period engaging, and reading it all from Congressman Lewis's point of view helps make it feel immediate and relevant. I'm looking forward to the conclusion.
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This second book, takes us from the Civil Rights sit-ins that John Lewis was involved in to the period form 1960-1963, when he was involved in the Freedom Rides in the violently racist deep south of the USA. This lead him to become SNCC Chairman and one of the "Big 6" keynote speakers of The March on Washington, where Dr Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream" speech.
I know about this period but not in this sort of depth. This graphic novel format really brings home the dangers and other challenges faced by the Civil Rights Movement.
A copy of John Lewis' speech is also included at the end.
John Lewis went on to become a member of Congress from the mid-1980s on. A really phenomenal life.
Highly recommend reading this book and the previous one. Expect a huge return on investing the few hours it takes to read.
I know about this period but not in this sort of depth. This graphic novel format really brings home the dangers and other challenges faced by the Civil Rights Movement.
A copy of John Lewis' speech is also included at the end.
John Lewis went on to become a member of Congress from the mid-1980s on. A really phenomenal life.
Highly recommend reading this book and the previous one. Expect a huge return on investing the few hours it takes to read.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Police brutality
Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Blood
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Another beautiful book. It's crazy where the parallels still fall in the current civil rights movement (ie the role of white folks in the civil liberties of black folks, what is true allyship, etc). And how we're still fighting for the same freaking things all these years later (ie voting rights....now just suppression but the same principle stands). Excited to finish the series.
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The series of books titled March (Books One, Two & Three) by Representative John Lewis tells the story of his early life in Alabama and the journey that took him from his parents' sharecropper farm through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s to the halls of Congress. Framing Lewis's story is the inauguration of Barack Obama, America's first African American President. It is a powerful story that is much needed in the current American climate--a reminder of where we have come from as a nation and what too many of our citizen's have had to go through, as well as providing a reason to pledge that we not go back.
Book Two continues the journey with the movement progressing from lunch counter protests to the Freedom Riders boarding buses to the deep south and the heart of racial hatred. The Freedom Riders face beatings, more imprisonment, and even a bus explosion. But their efforts are not in vain--the Riders get the attention of Martin Luther King and Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Lewis continues to move to the forefront of the group's leaders. This volume ends just after the March on Washington. Lewis has become one of the Big Six, giving his powerful speech just before King's "I Have a Dream."
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Book Two continues the journey with the movement progressing from lunch counter protests to the Freedom Riders boarding buses to the deep south and the heart of racial hatred. The Freedom Riders face beatings, more imprisonment, and even a bus explosion. But their efforts are not in vain--the Riders get the attention of Martin Luther King and Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Lewis continues to move to the forefront of the group's leaders. This volume ends just after the March on Washington. Lewis has become one of the Big Six, giving his powerful speech just before King's "I Have a Dream."
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block. Please request permission before reposting. Thanks.