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My first graphic book and I was very impressed. I know the facts of this story very well--too well. I do have a tendency to lecture about subjects I think are important. Of course, I also lose my audience (children)frequently. This book is perfect for telling a piece of history that needs to be told. Looking forward to Book Two.
"No lie can live forever. Let us not despair. The universe is with us. Walk together, children. Don't get weary."
Words as powerful today as they no doubt were in 1960. We've entered a time where division, rancor, and hate are on the resurgence after valiant efforts to tamp them down and put them in a box from which they'd never escape. The country celebrated far too soon. The solitary ray of sunshine that gives me comfort is that those who've gone before us have shown us how to fight all the nas ...more
Words as powerful today as they no doubt were in 1960. We've entered a time where division, rancor, and hate are on the resurgence after valiant efforts to tamp them down and put them in a box from which they'd never escape. The country celebrated far too soon. The solitary ray of sunshine that gives me comfort is that those who've gone before us have shown us how to fight all the nas ...more
The March trilogy is an incredible work of memoir and graphic novel. The power of the civil rights movement as embodied in the person of The Boy from Troy, Rep. John Lewis, takes on new meaning as the story told in March progresses.
In Book One we are at the dinner table with the Lewis family, we are with John as a young boy taking care of his chickens (and preaching to them!), and we are with him as his activism develops in the face of violent oppression. John Lewis' belief in non-violence neve ...more
In Book One we are at the dinner table with the Lewis family, we are with John as a young boy taking care of his chickens (and preaching to them!), and we are with him as his activism develops in the face of violent oppression. John Lewis' belief in non-violence neve ...more
Oddly not as intense as I had thought it would be. Perhaps the graphic novel format doesn't work as well telling Lewis' story? Or maybe I should read one of his other books to get more details? Though given that I believe his books are pretty massive, maybe an "abridged" version will at least get more people to understand his life story before taking the plunge into one of his more thorough books.
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