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In my ongoing effort to get a handle on American politics and spurred by the recent sad passing of Congressman John Lewis, I came back to finish this trilogy that I started two years ago ( I am notoriously bad at completing trilogies ).
I enjoy history presented in graphic novel format, its a good way to get a succinct overview of a topic which can latter be fleshed out with further reading. I would have to say that I enjoyed this instalment even more than, March: Book 1. It covers a lot of ground starting out in 1961 with the Freedom Riders and finishing up with Lewis's speech in 1963 at the March on Washington, which cemented his position as one of the key leaders in the Civil Rights Movement.
Using a comic book to tell this story somehow reinforces to me the physical cost and level of violence endured to bring about even incremental change. There is plenty of "slap", "slap", "smack", "whump" and that's just from the housewives of Birmingham. It underscores just how much courage it takes to agree to accept violence without responding in kind. All this to claim your constitutional right to ride interstate buses into the Southern States. Extraordinary this was less than 60 years ago.

What an amazing life John Lewis lived, truly an inspiration for how to lead and bring about change.