You need to go read all three volumes of March right now.

I came across March : Book Two in early 2020 at the local library. I had heard of this autobiographical comic book documenting the early life of the United States Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis and I was pretty excited about being able to get my hands on the comic book. But I couldn't find the other two volumes at the time so I settled for reading only the second book.

The only introduction to the civil rights movement in the United States I had prior to this book was Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin and this book introduced me to the darker side of the movement.

I was hoping to come back to this series and read the First and Third books but they just slipped my mind. I was pleasently surprised a couple of days back when I came across the First and Third books as I was browsing through the eBooks available in the local library.

The series as a whole is a must read for every man, woman and child alive in my opinion. And I don't just mean citizens of the USA but I mean people in general. The struggles and message conveyed in the books transend race and color.

In these turbulent times, I think it is very important to understand our collective history and see how history actually happened.

 



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