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"In those moments, Dr. King made plain all of our hopes, our aspirations...everything we sought through the beatings and the blood, through the triumphs and the failures, everything we dared to imagine about a NEW America, a BETTER America..."
Eye opening, literally and figuratively. Full of powerful images and reminders of our not too distant past. I don't think I fully understood how awe inspiring Rep. John Lewis's life is until reading this. I hope that it's a standard in schools for years to come.
I had the privilege of visiting the Civil Rights Room of the historic Nashville Public Library, where the history of African Americans' struggle for freedom and equality is enshrined, and as I viewed John Lewis' mugshot and arrest record, and listened to a a lecture to other children of the injustices during his time, I was reminded that I have not yet read this book.
I'm certainly glad I got that reminder.
The story alone is incredible. It's hard to fathom the bravery of standing up to violence with nonviolence. It's hard for me to imagine taking the beatings, the threats, the bombings without lifting a finger to fight back; only using words and the power of numbers in the great movement. It's even harder for me to imagine that people were so vile to think of African Americans as sub-human only 50 years ago, but then again there are people who still think this way today. John Lewis obviously lived through it all, and his perspective not only provides a valuable firsthand account of those times, but also the backroom politicking, infighting within the different civil rights organizations, and the sheer evil displayed by people who were against the cause. There is no "Well let's hear both sides" argument to be had here. Segregation, Jim Crow, and the Klan's ugly faces are on full display in this graphic memoir.
And I am so pleased it's a graphic memoir. Nate Powell is a great artist and makes this account so gripping with the pace of his drawings and the way he is able to illustrate the violence and urgency of the times.
I can't recommend this highly enough.
I'm certainly glad I got that reminder.
The story alone is incredible. It's hard to fathom the bravery of standing up to violence with nonviolence. It's hard for me to imagine taking the beatings, the threats, the bombings without lifting a finger to fight back; only using words and the power of numbers in the great movement. It's even harder for me to imagine that people were so vile to think of African Americans as sub-human only 50 years ago, but then again there are people who still think this way today. John Lewis obviously lived through it all, and his perspective not only provides a valuable firsthand account of those times, but also the backroom politicking, infighting within the different civil rights organizations, and the sheer evil displayed by people who were against the cause. There is no "Well let's hear both sides" argument to be had here. Segregation, Jim Crow, and the Klan's ugly faces are on full display in this graphic memoir.
And I am so pleased it's a graphic memoir. Nate Powell is a great artist and makes this account so gripping with the pace of his drawings and the way he is able to illustrate the violence and urgency of the times.
I can't recommend this highly enough.
I really don't think anything I could say would give this enough praise. EVERYONE should read this series.
This book made me cry. I was very moved by the way the trauma was juxtaposed with the Obama election. It's a visceral autobiography, and the pictures make it so much more real.
Phenomenal. This graphic novel series about John Lewis and the civil rights movement is a must-read.