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And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems by Erica Martin
7 reviews
danileah07's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Hate crime and Murder
emmykyhil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality
maple_dove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit
Moderate: Police brutality
Incarceration (graphic), Harassment (graphic) (I don't remember the CWs well)moonylovesstars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
vaniavela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Police brutality
typedtruths's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality and Murder
foreverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
This collection of non-fiction poems is a great start into digging into what happened during the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement. Filled with figures you'll recognize and some you might have never learned about. And We Rise is a short but powerful history that makes us reconcile the US's history we've been taught and what actually happened.
The collection of poems are beautiful rendered. I loved how they each flowed into each other, but we also can see how distinct events had impact. At the end, there's a historical timeline and that was extra helpful since there were some times I forgot the dates. Which is more about my brain trying to process everything and less about the writing here.
I loved the emotions these poems brought forth. Even though we are somewhat removed from the events since there's no primary character narrating to us, you still feel the despair, the hopelessness, the determination and perseverance of Black Americans in this.
This collection would be a great addition in classrooms or for people educating themselves. I read this along with The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, which is only enhancing the collective messages of these books. Highly recommend them all.
CWs: Racism, racial slurs, mentions of slavery/slaves, murder, lynching, police brutality, death, violence.
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder