Dear John Lewis

Dear John Lewis,

First, let me quickly recap what I have just read so you know where in the book I am. We continue to see the disgusting acts of discrimination and the suffering brought to many people however we also see people starting to do something about it. In this section, many historical events were brought or expressed such as the mass meetings, Kennedy assassination, freedom vote, and the Democratic convention. The rally for justice was starting. 

I can’t really pinpoint how an exact feeling when reading this besides how real it all felt. I think that has to do with the pictures. I remember first opening up this book seeing a bunch of pictures thinking to myself “I never knew we would read a picture book in college.” However, that is what makes this book so incredible, all the images really help capture what it was like, to help the reader engage and really understand what was happening. Without it, this would just be another history book but you make it more than that which is special and I think every person should experience. One image in particular really got me, I believe in was on page 66 there was an image of a Klu Klux Klan meeting. Just seeing it in an image made it so much more real and filled me with so much more rage on how they were allowed to do the things they did.

I believe in the same thing I have said before and that is knowledge. Every person needs to learn about what happened so we can learn what to do and not do. However, I think one thing needs to be added. I think we should also teach each person acceptance, equality, and justice. Teach them and have them instill it in their lives. This way when the next generation gets older, they can help make our society a little better. 

 

All the best,

Jonathan Nooriel

 

 

 

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