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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
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On the morning of President Obama’s 2009 inauguration, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia remembers his early years, from a chicken preacher to his learning of non-violent resistance. The story follows through the lunch counter protests of Nashville, but as we all know, the struggle doesn’t end there.
This was a great POV story, beautifully told and drawn, illustrating another “piece of the puzzle” in the 1960 Civil Rights movement. I found the informational meetings about non-violent resistance fascinat ...more
This was a great POV story, beautifully told and drawn, illustrating another “piece of the puzzle” in the 1960 Civil Rights movement. I found the informational meetings about non-violent resistance fascinat ...more
Can't wait to finish the story in the next two books, what an incredible man.
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Beautifully written and illustrated account of John Lewis's early life and first experiences with the Civil Rights movement, paralleled by Obama's first inauguration. This is open and honest and hopefully will be required reading in all schools soon, now that book three has been published. I can't wait to finish the trilogy.
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This is such an amazing book. It's so eye opening. The philosophy of peaceful resistance is so valuable - I wish there was someone today who could be a figure head for another huge peaceful resistance movement. And the brutality the first Freedom Riders and other activists face is astounding - it's unbelievable to me how openly and unabashedly and violently racist and horrible and hurtful people were such a short time ago, and how legislators and law enforcement - who should have been protectors
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Jan 16, 2017
Andrea
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it was amazing
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Feb 06, 2017
Lauren
rated it
it was amazing
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graphic-novels,
memoir-and-biography
May 08, 2018
Jessica Haider
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really liked it
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