A powerful tale of courage and principle igniting sweeping social change, told by a strong-minded, uniquely qualified...
Eisner winner Powell’s dramatic black-and-white graphic art ratchets up the intensity in this autobiographical opener by a major figure in the civil rights movement.
In this first of a projected trilogy, Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders and currently in his 13th term as a U.S. Representative, recalls his early years—from raising (and preaching to) chickens on an Alabama farm to meeting Martin Luther King Jr. and joining lunch-counter sit-ins in Nashville in 1960. The account flashes back and forth between a conversation with two young visitors in Lewis’ congressional office just prior to Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and events five or more decades ago. His education in nonviolence forms the central theme, and both in his frank, self-effacing accounts of rising tides of protest being met with increasingly violent responses and in Powell’s dark, cinematically angled and sequenced panels, the heroism of those who sat and marched and bore the abuse comes through with vivid, inspiring clarity. The volume closes with the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (which Lewis went on to chair), and its publication is scheduled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Lewis preceded Dr. King on the podium: “Of everyone who spoke at the march, I’m the only one who’s still around.”
A powerful tale of courage and principle igniting sweeping social change, told by a strong-minded, uniquely qualified eyewitness. (Graphic memoir. 11-15)Pub Date: Aug. 13, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-60309-300-2
Page Count: 128
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Review Posted Online: June 25, 2013
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2013
SEEN & HEARD
SEEN & HEARD
SEEN & HEARD
A penetrating study of five men and five women who provide ``images of excellence,'' both in and out of the spotlight. Many helped to break down barriers of prejudice: against race for Satchel Paige and Roberto Clemente; against women for Billie Jean King and jockey Julie Krone; against the disabled for skier Diana Golden. With sheer ability and force of personality, PelÇ and Muhammad Ali changed their sports in profound ways, but Littlefield praises Ali most warmly for his personal courage, in and out of the ring. With sharp analyses and unconventional insights (he quotes Joan Benoit Samuelson: ``Winning is neither everything nor the only thing. It is one of many things''), the author looks beyond simplistic public images to the real qualities behind success: ``finding a passion and working hard and believing in ourselves.'' Fuchs, known for his illustrations for Schroeder's Ragtime Tumpie (1989), supplies exuberant portraits in the same light-dappled, impressionistic style. A winner: eloquent, enlightening, and handsome. Reading list; index. (Biography. 11-14)
Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1993
ISBN: 0-316-52805-6
Page Count: 144
Publisher: Little, Brown
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1993
BOOK REVIEW
Mendilow was an enterprising, compassionate native Israeli who founded and directed a network of craft workshops and social service programs for the elderly residents of Jerusalem; by providing them with meaningful work, congenial companionship, and a wide range of cultural programs and medical and dental care, between 1961 and her death in 1989 she improved the lives of countless individuals. Unfortunately, while she was clearly admirable, and though this is the only juvenile biography of her, the Cytrons' text is too dry to interest most readers. Mendilow must have been quite a dynamo to have masterminded the ``Lifeline for the Old''; but though the authors have read her unpublished notes and interviewed her family and friends, they seldom enliven their book with quotations. A dull introduction to someone who must, in person, have been delightful. B&w photos; source notes; index. (Biography. 11-15)
Pub Date: Feb. 1, 1994
ISBN: 0-8225-4919-0
Page Count: 128
Publisher: Lerner
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1994
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