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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.