33 pages 1 hour read

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

March: Book One

Nonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

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Why do you think that the authors chose to tell this story through the medium of a graphic novel? What design choices did the authors and artist make that contributed to the meaning and tone of the story?

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What challenges did Lewis’s social movement face, both internally and externally? How did the tactics employed by the activists to combat these challenges change over time?

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What is “institutional racism”? How does it differ from “individual racism”? How does the book explore both these topics?