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March: Book Two
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
I woke up to the news that John Lewis passed away. I was stunned, sad, and a little sorry that I hadn’t yet read books two or three of his memoirs (told in graphic novel form). I decided it would be a fitting tribute to read this book today.
These books are not the whitewashed version of the civil rights movement I got in school. There is something about the illustrations of firebombed buses and police brutality that makes these real events even more real to us in later generations; history truly comes alive. It’s all so uncomfortable to read about, to see — but I think it’s important, and I am glad my older two boys read this (and that I did, too). I would encourage parents to read these books along with their teens.
The closing scenes of the March on Washington were phenomenal.
These books are not the whitewashed version of the civil rights movement I got in school. There is something about the illustrations of firebombed buses and police brutality that makes these real events even more real to us in later generations; history truly comes alive. It’s all so uncomfortable to read about, to see — but I think it’s important, and I am glad my older two boys read this (and that I did, too). I would encourage parents to read these books along with their teens.
The closing scenes of the March on Washington were phenomenal.