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manda_reads's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3.75
This is an autobiographical comic of congressman John Lewis. The comic discusses John's childhood and how he joined the civil rights movement in intricate detail. I found this comic to be quite informative and enjoyable to read.
bookdreamer24's review against another edition
These graphic novels are really good. I don't normally read graphic novels. It is cool that the novels are in black and white. The story goes back and forth between the Civil Rights Movement and Obama's first inauguration. Definitely worth a read. It fits in with what's going on currently in our country.
moth_dance's review
5.0
I only have one thing to say of this American masterpiece: add this (and the rest of the series, and other graphic novels on Black history) to all required reading lists in K-12, and beyond. I really wish I had "March" in school in Texas where I was taught the bare min of the civil rights movement.
katieinca's review
5.0
5 for the series, 5 for this as the first entry - Volume 1 sets up the structure of current John Lewis on the day of Obama's inauguration, thinking back over his life. It takes you from his childhood on a farm in Alabama, up through lunch counter sit ins, to 1960. It eases you into Lewis's life and work in a way that's both approachable and compelling.
book_concierge's review
3.0
Illustrated by Nate Powell
This is a graphic novel depiction of Lewis’s memoir of coming-of-age during the 1960s and the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on him, and on the country.
What he has to say about that period of history and his role in the events (especially the sit-ins in Nashville and the march on Selma) is important. I can appreciate that doing so in this format (graphic novel) will bring his story to many more young people than relying on a strictly text autobiography / memoir.
That being said, I don’t like the format. At all. I find the very dark drawings difficult to make out and read.
This is a graphic novel depiction of Lewis’s memoir of coming-of-age during the 1960s and the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on him, and on the country.
What he has to say about that period of history and his role in the events (especially the sit-ins in Nashville and the march on Selma) is important. I can appreciate that doing so in this format (graphic novel) will bring his story to many more young people than relying on a strictly text autobiography / memoir.
That being said, I don’t like the format. At all. I find the very dark drawings difficult to make out and read.
maryquitecontrary_22's review
4.0
"Violence does beget violence, but the opposite is just as true. Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there's no fury facing it" (100-1).
Well-written graphic memoir about the lunch counter sit-ins and nonviolent protests during the civil rights movement in the South.