(2016)This graphic memoir series, the third of which won a National Book Award, chronicles Lewis’s coming-of-age in the civil rights movement as a student activist working with King and others. By Martin Luther King Jr.256 pp. (1967)In his final book, written in 1967 after a decade of civil rights work, King lays out his vision for America’s future, including the need for better jobs and housing, higher pay and quality education. As Smith learns to impersonate King, Johnson uses the parallel to explore how society determines what makes one man great and another not. In his diary, which is addressed to King, he writes, “I grew up in a rough area, but I know I’m a good dude, Martin.

Source: New York Times January 20, 2019 10:00 UTC