March #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis second volume of Congressman John Lewis's award-winning graphic memoir continues the story of his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the March on Washington in 1963. Co-written with Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell, it depicts the escalating nonviolent protests and the violent resistance they faced, while also framing the narrative through Lewis's reflections on the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama.
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Lewis continues telling his story. Freedom Riders are met with mob violence, police brutality, unjust imprisonment, and a bitter Kennedy administration. Nonviolent demonstrations continue, climaxing in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Lewis is one of the six main speakers. He complies to a certain extent with demands that he tone down his speech, but still makes a fierce presentation. Following the March the Kennedy administration becomes more enthusiastic toward civil rights, but the book ends with the murderous 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.
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