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March is a powerful Novel that takes us through the accredited life of John Lewis and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and his people as a congressman and leader of strikes and reforms. We also see powerful lessons throughout such as Making the change you want to see and and always doing all thats possible to achieve your goals.

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"Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light … Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won."Jul 20, 2020" (John Lewis)

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"Looking back, it must’ve been the spirit of history taking hold of my life." (March)

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The Civil Rights Movement was formed by African Americans for the pursuit of the freedom they deserved. they were the most active in the 1950s and 60s. One Quote to show this is "During this period of time, there was a huge surge of activism taking place to reverse this discrimination and injustice. Activists worked together and used non-violent protest and specific acts of targeted civil disobedience," This is important because it shows how they went about getting the changes that were desperately needed and the control they have over there emotions by being peaceful and non-violent even when they had every right to lash out. Through the ways of this movement they would change many thing's which is shown by "Between 1954 and 1968, civil rights legislation was passed. Fundamental and lasting change was made during this relatively short period of time and its impact can be seen in a myriad of ways in our society today. However, civil rights issues such as immigration, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, the perpetual segregation of our nation’s schools"

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John Lewis was born on February 21st 1940 outside of Troy Alabama. As a child he would attend the segregated school systems of Pike County Alabama. He would later Graduate from Fisk University with multiple Bachelor degrees and then would graduate from a baptist seminary school. At an early age he wanted to join the Civil Rights Movement. He would organize sit in's and segregated lunch counters and in in 1961 he would join a freedom ride to challenge the idea of segregation. By 1963 he was recognized as one of the six leaders of the civil rights movement at the age of 23. From the year 1963 to 1966 he would organize and lead over six hundred non-violent marches. In 1981 he was elected to serve on the Atlanta city council. In 1986 he was elected to be a congressman for the state of Georgia where he would serve 6 straight terms.

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The Graphic Novel March shows us John Lewis's life and definiong moments through a flashback when talking to the young boys and their mother. Although this book is on the shorter side it conveys many powerful lessons that really reached me. The most impactful of these in my opinion is to make the changes you see necessary to accomplish your goals. One quote that shows us how John Lewis is pushed to this is "I started to feel guilty for not doing more. I became Restless." Although this happened at a young age it started his drive to right the wrongs of the world. We see this take effect later when he says "This was a life decision..., and it was near impossible to turn me away from it." In this quote he is talking about the civil rights movement which he had joined amd would later meet one of his icons in Martin Luther King Jr.