Reviews tagging 'Death'

March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

14 reviews

laurareads87's review

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

A worthy conclusion to an excellent trilogy.  This third volume focuses on Selma and the struggle for voting rights, and delves into the complexities of the relationships between different individuals and groups within the civil rights movement.  This is far from my first book on this topic, but I still learned a lot.  5 stars for all three installments - highly recommend.

<i>Content warnings:</i> racism, racial slurs, sexism, violence, assault, murder, police brutality, hate crimes, gun violence, murder of children, grief

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, Child death, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Gun violence, Death, Grief, and Murder

ukponge's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, and Blood

leweylibrary's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Again, hard to review individually when I read all three together, but this one is probably my favorite. I can definitely see how it won a National Book Award. Of course this was the culmination of all three books and the march from Selma to Washington, but there were just some parts that hit extra hard emotionally and mentally that I loved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, and Cursing

billd's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

 I began my journey with The March trilogy by American Member of Congress, John Lewis in August of 2022 when I discovered the first book in my local book store. Each chapter covers another portion of his fascinating life and his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as he worked to get equal rights for American negroes, especially in the South.

Each story was powerful, educational, striking in its emotional impact. I think this third book, March: Book Three was the most powerful of all, as it covered the bombing of the Sixteenth Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, which resulted in the deaths of four young girls; Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair. It also covers the murders of the three civil rights workers in Mississippi, and that of Malcolm X. But that is the tip of the ice berg when it comes to the crimes perpetrated against the Negroes in the South as the struggled for equality.

This last book also covers the friction between the various civil rights organizations, John Lewis's SNCC, Martin Lewis Kings Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as they sometimes competed for the same cause. The efforts to have Negro representation from Mississippi at the 1964 Democratic Convention is also covered. Of course the final chapter is the march between Selma and Montgomery where Mr. Lewis was so brutally attacked by Alabama State troopers.

It's history in action, riveting, terrifying, featuring peaceful, loving bravery in the face of armed opposition and hatred that sends chills down your spine. The fact that there are Governors in the US to this day that don't want this story told is sad and dispiriting. Those people who would keep this history from their citizens, because they don't want to be 'embarrassed' by it, shows that these people are the new George Wallace's and Sheriff Clarks, maybe put in nicer suits. The story should be read and told. (5.0 stars) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

A powerful, thought-provoking biography of John Lewis's civil rights activities.

puggreader's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

erinmjustice's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, and Hate crime

anniefwrites's review

dark informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Another informative, moving graphic memoir of John Lewis’s life. I especially appreciated how he and the other authors lifted up the stories of women in the movement in all three books because they are so often ignored. The imagery is not for the faint of heart, but it is really the next best thing for a generation who didn’t grow up watching the movement on television or participating in it directly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Violence

sweetmusic22's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I wish this book wasn't too long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

brookey8888's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Such and important read. I think people forget just how recent this was. I learned a lot like I didn’t fully know what Bloody Sunday was. Just all these people were/are so strong and amazing. This book made me so mad and sad, but also hopeful for the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality