Hi everyone.
I'm Rincey and this is Rincey Reads.
Today I want to talk to you guys about the
graphic novels March books one and book two
by Congressman John Lewis, as well as Andrew
Aiden and Nate Powell.
This is actually a graphic memoir.
And if you guys aren't aware, John Lewis is
considered one of the "big six" of the Civil
Rights leaders.
He was the chair, I believe, of SNCC, which
was the Student Nonviolent something Committee.
[laughs] I forgot what that first C stands
for.
But they were basically like the student nonviolent
organization.
This story mainly takes place during the Civil
Rights Movement.
The first book actually does something really
interesting, which I wasn't expecting, and
it actually flashes back and forth between
when President Obama was first inaugurated
as well as Congressman Lewis' younger life,
which I thought was really interesting and
a really smart contrast to make between that
moment in history and this moment in history.
I think for a lot of people in the United
States we know about the Civil Rights Movement
because we all learn about it in school.
But what I really like about this is not only
was John Lewis there during that time, he's
one of the only leaders left from that period
who's still alive.
And he's one of the few people who can provide
still like this first hand experience and
firsthand account of what was happening during
that time period.
He talks about what's sort of known in the
popular media and then provides a little bit
more background on those, uh, stories or those
photographs we may have seen or the things
that we may have heard about.
Both of these graphic novels are completely
in black and white and the art style is really
well done, at least in my opinion.
Um.
They're mostly just panels like this.
Occasionally you have the full page spread
like this.
And occasionally you have the full double-page
spread like this.
I really, really enjoyed both of these.
I think not only because I'm interested in
the subject matter, but also just because
I love when you get to see sort of more behind
the scenes type stuff about things that we
learn about when you're younger.
This book is very, very honest.
Like John Lewis is not afraid to be real about
the situations.
Um.
He's also very honest about himself and his
own perspective on things.
He talks about his own biases and just like
why he was motivated to feel a certain way
compared to how other people may have felt
during that time period, which I really liked.
I think these books go better together.
There's going to be a third book and it's
going to be a trilogy.
So, um, both books end in sort of like the
middle of the story.
So I feel like reading both of these together
was really helpful because I think if I just
read one book at a time I'd feel unsatisfied
because you're not really getting the complete
story.
But I think reading one and two together,
I felt more satisfied.
And I think once you have all three it probably
would work best, just reading them back to
back to back.
But that's not to say you should necessarily
wait on this.
If you haven't already put this on your list,
definitely put it on your list.
Because I think it's a very important time
in history that we have a very, um, surface
level knowledge of and I feel like this helps
provide a little bit deeper knowledge about
it.
Also just the fact that it's in graphic novel
form, it's much more digestible.
But I think it also makes the situations more
real because you're seeing the situations
play out.
You're seeing like the faces and the reactions
and things like that.
So if you are someone who likes graphic novels
or especially if you like graphic memoirs,
this is definitely some that you have to pick
up because it is just very, very emotional
during certain points and I think it's just
so honest and so real that it's like how can
you not like this.
And also if you're someone who's interested
in African American history or you have a
general interesting in American history, this
is a great way to get that across.
This is also would be great for like kids,
I think.
So yeah, that is my quick review on March
the graphic novel.
I would definitely be picking up volume 3
whenever it comes out.
I'm not exactly sure when that's supposed
to be.
And I definitely recommend it for people as
well.
If you've read this series, feel free to leave
a comment down below letting me know what
you guys thought of it.
Or if you have any questions on the series,
feel free to leave that down in the comments
section as well.
So yeah, that's all I have for now and thanks
for watching.
