Reviews tagging 'Racism'

March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

30 reviews

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.

nprokup's review

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Violence and Racism

holtesamantha29's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Moderate: Racial slurs, Hate crime, Violence, and Racism

puggreader's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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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

guinness74's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

It is absolutely unconscionable that I took this long to complete the trilogy of this excellent work. Everything about it is amazing and it should be commended to anyone interested in the Civil Rights movement. Rep. Lewis has given his heart and soul to this project and the artwork delivers it with a stark vision that is ideal for the content. I highly recommend all 3 books but this one really drives home the realities of all that transpired in Lewis' life and the movement that continues to change a nation. 

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Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

starla_anne's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Violence and Racism

tangleroot_eli's review

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

(Review of all 3 volumes) These aren't easy books to read, but they're important. Perhaps envisioned as a snapshot of where racism stood in the 40s-60s and how far we've come, right now the series reads like a blueprint for what US citizens of conscience will need to do as the government erodes civil rights for people of pretty much every identity and police and private violence continues to run rampant (and seems to increase every day).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Child death, Racial slurs, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Medical content

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Murder

erinmjustice's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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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