A review by historyofjess
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This entire series is a must read. The third volume leads to some of the most well-known moments in the U.S. civil rights movement, opening with the bombing of the Black church that killed four little girls (the artwork of which is devastatingly beautiful), through the signing of the Civil Right Act, the assassination of Malcolm X and the marches in Selma, Alabama (basically, if you've seen the movie Selma, a lot of that is in here). Through it all, Lewis also discusses the shifts and changes in the organizations behind the movement, including SNCC. It's such an important document of a momentous time in American history and the black and white illustrations are at once minimalist, while also decadently beautiful.