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Wow. Such an inspiring story. The format of graphic novel for this kind of history I found so effective at conveying the emotion - the tension, the fear, the literal ugliness of racism. It's a strange time to be reading this - in some ways this type of racism seems so antiquated - the segregation, the open hostility - and in other ways, I'm shocked at how far we still have to go to root out the discrimination in the hearts and minds of so, so many (thanks for illuminating this so clearly, Trump
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Book one of a planned trilogy about the life of Congressman John Lewis.
Congressman Lewis, an important part of the civil rights movement, started his life on a sharecropper's farm, preaching to his chickens and dreaming of becoming a preacher. He eventually met Dr. Martin Luther King and Jim Lawson and got involved in the non-violent protest movement. The student protesters were non-violent, but their opponents were not. I am in awe of the kind of bravery it took to stand up to violence and unfa ...more
Congressman Lewis, an important part of the civil rights movement, started his life on a sharecropper's farm, preaching to his chickens and dreaming of becoming a preacher. He eventually met Dr. Martin Luther King and Jim Lawson and got involved in the non-violent protest movement. The student protesters were non-violent, but their opponents were not. I am in awe of the kind of bravery it took to stand up to violence and unfa ...more
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