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A review by celia_thebookishhufflepuff
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
5.0
The other day I watched Iron Jawed Angels with my feminist club at school, and I realized that there is so much that they don't tell us about the early feminist movement. Textbooks just gloss over it and say, "Wilson passed the 20th amendment," and they don't go into any details behind any of the people involved, or even the movement in general. Reading [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] felt exactly the same way.
If white people know any names at all in terms of the civil rights movement, they are Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and maybe Coretta Scott King. We never think about the people who actually lead and participate in these movements, and just how many people it takes to make change. We hear those names, and because we only hear those names, we think they are the only ones involved in making change. We never see the bigger picture.
Now that there are more books like [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771], there is no reason for people of any and every age not to be learning about other civil rights leaders. Because [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] is a graphic novel, these people can and must be taught to kids and adults. I love the form of graphic novels that tell untold true stories, such as [b:Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood|9516|Persepolis The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)|Marjane Satrapi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1425871473s/9516.jpg|3303888] and [b:American Born Chinese|118944|American Born Chinese|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1317066615s/118944.jpg|114515], and [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] is the latest I've read from this genre. I love it because it uses pictures and words to tell something that words cannot always do on their own, and I applaud the authors and artists who create these works.
If white people know any names at all in terms of the civil rights movement, they are Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and maybe Coretta Scott King. We never think about the people who actually lead and participate in these movements, and just how many people it takes to make change. We hear those names, and because we only hear those names, we think they are the only ones involved in making change. We never see the bigger picture.
Now that there are more books like [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771], there is no reason for people of any and every age not to be learning about other civil rights leaders. Because [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] is a graphic novel, these people can and must be taught to kids and adults. I love the form of graphic novels that tell untold true stories, such as [b:Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood|9516|Persepolis The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)|Marjane Satrapi|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1425871473s/9516.jpg|3303888] and [b:American Born Chinese|118944|American Born Chinese|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1317066615s/118944.jpg|114515], and [b:March: Book One|17346698|March Book One (March, #1)|John Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360539808s/17346698.jpg|24086771] is the latest I've read from this genre. I love it because it uses pictures and words to tell something that words cannot always do on their own, and I applaud the authors and artists who create these works.