People familiar with the 2013 graphic novel “March” and its two sequels already know that Lewis’ illustrated history of his role in the civil rights movement became a sensation. Despite critics who thought a “comic book” was too pulpy for an elder statesman’s story, it triumphed on the New York Times best-seller list. The third installation went on to win the National Book Award, a first for a graphic novel.
The momentum behind a proposed museum exhibit aimed at highlighting the achievements of black Civil War veterans has been slowed somewhat by racist groups and protesters
Some critics have suggested in recent years that an enormous Confederate carving, larger than a football field with the Southern generals astride their horses in Georgia’s Stone Mountain, should be sand-blasted away. Meanwhile planning is underway to place a Liberty Bell replica atop Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that recalls a famous line from his “I Have a Dream” speech, officials say. (file photo) Planning is underway to place a Liberty Bell replica atop Stone Mountain near Atlanta as a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that recalls a