March

This is a striking, effective graphic novel about a man whose actions have had an enormous positive impact on American history.

Lewis talks about being motivated by faith, specifically the principle of social gospel. He also touches on generational tensions between Black organizers—for example, how SNCC formed largely as a result of disillusionment with the NAACP.

Lewis describes training for sit-ins through role play. The activists anticipated and prepared for verbal abuse, physical violence, and being arrested. There's a tendency to portray activism as individual and spontaneous, so it was interesting to have an activist detail the months of coordination needed to pull off massive sit-ins and boycotts and marches.

I'm glad I got the other two from the library already, because I'm eager to continue the series.