ANTIRACISM BOOK STUDY
March graphic memoir by John Lewis
Book One, Book Two & Book Three
April 6th through May 18th, from 2:30 – 4pm PST
[Registration is closed]
About the Book
From Amazon.com: The three books recount major events of the Civil Rights Movement from Lewis’ position as a leader and later the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Book One encompasses his childhood in rural Alabama, his religious education and his involvement with the sit-ins protesting Nashville’s segregated businesses. Book Two centers on the freedom rides protesting segregation in interstate transportation, which were met with bombings, bus burnings, mob attacks and the mass imprisonment of riders at Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman Farm. Nate Powell’s illustrations shine in the testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper who was arrested, beaten and tortured by the police after attempting to register to vote. Hamer’s speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City serves as the fulcrum for Book Three’s account of the Freedom Summer. Her nationally televised address, confidently delivered as an indictment of America’s character, was so alarming to President Lyndon Johnson that he interrupted the broadcast with an improvised news conference.
About the Group
We will meet every other week to discuss what we have read. All are invited to join, even if you are not able to attend the Zoom discussions.
Please get a copy of the trilogy (books 1, 2 & 3) and read Book One prior to our first meeting.
Please note: March is a series of