Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - March: Book Two

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March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

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laurareads87's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Another excellent installment, as good as the first - here, the emphasis is on the Freedom Rides for the most part, and the lead-up to the March on Washington. What I really appreciated most about this one was the exploration of internal disagreements within the civil rights movement; here, Lewis captures a range of perspectives on non-violence (as a tactic and as a philosophy), the challenges of trying to maintain alliances across differences in perspective, and, briefly, discrimination within the movement itself (with respect to the unwillingness of some to accept Bayard Rustin's leadership for fear that his sexuality would be used in some way to discredit the movement). Highly recommend this series.

<i>Content warnings:</i> racism, racial slurs, homophobia, hate crime, police brutality, confinement, grief, violence, murder

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bg_oseman_fan's review

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emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Continues the story of the Civil Rights movement and John Lewis’s role. Although most of what was covered was information I had heard through other sources, looking at it through John Lewis’s memories creates comprehensive and unique prism to view the struggle for equity.

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lizziaha's review against another edition

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4.25

I love the March books and I absolutely believe that they should be required reading. There are aspects of the civil rights movement featured in these books that I was simply never taught in school. Particularly when it comes to the violence and vitriol leveled against Black people. I think it’s also a more thorough depiction of the nonviolence philosophy. Nonviolent, yes, legal, no. I think when some people talk about non-violence now, they imagine something different than what it is. They can’t translate it into modern day nonviolent protests. This book might help remedy that disconnect. My only gripe with the book is that it occasionally felt disjointed, like I wasn’t getting all the information. Sometimes I could fill in the blanks, but not always.

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